Adam Schepis News Today

Students in the Bay State who identify as LGBTQ are 3.7 times more likely to miss school due to feeling unsafe, according to a state education official.

Local school leaders say some of the resources she has received from the state education department have been helpful, but want more guidance on navigating the conversation around gender identity in schools.

CHEERS to state officials for approving a new set of guidelines and standards that will bring sex education in the schools into the 21st century.

CHEERS to state officials for approving a new set of guidelines and standards that will bring sex education in the schools into the 21st century.

BOSTON — Massachusetts students will receive sex and health education that is intended to be more inclusive of the LGBTQ+ community and teach about bodily autonomy, mental and emotional health, dating safety, nutrition, sexually transmitted infections and consent, after a board of education vote on Tuesday.

Massachusetts education leaders adopted new sexual education guidelines for public schools that are being praised by LGBTQ+ supporters.

Massachusetts students will receive sex and health education that is intended to be more inclusive of the LGBTQ community and teach about bodily autonomy,...

BOSTON — State education leaders adopted new sexual education guidelines for public schools that are being praised by LGBTQ advocates, but criticized by others for promoting controversial views on gender

BOSTON — State education leaders adopted new sexual education guidelines for public schools that are being praised by LGBTQ advocates, but criticized by others for promoting controversial views on gender

The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education unanimously passed the state's first health and sexual education guideline changes in 25 years Tuesday morning -- revising the framework to include more LGBTQ+ inclusive language, update sexual health and consent standards, bring in media and technology considerations, and more.