Leader

THIS has got to be the touchiest issue in our school system: sex education, its inadequacy, and now, the call to expand it. Whenever the issue crops up, it is usually by researchers whose findings get drowned out by political rhetoric. Yet sex is a fundamental to the human condition, just like breathing, feeding, shelter, clothing and hygiene. Yes, it has been taught, somewhat, for decades in schools, but teachers tread discreetly.