The Newtown Board of Education voted unanimously to keep two coming-of-age graphic novels, one of them LGBTQ-themed, on the shelves in the high school library.
Two Connecticut Republican members of the Newtown school board have resigned, in the midst of controversy about possibly banning two books from the high school library.
BOAZ – Snead State basketball returns to the hardwood this week as the Parsons take on Tennessee Valley Prep on Thursday, Jan. 5. The men’s team will tip off at
"The study adds to the evidence on whether and how multisectoral interventions that include adolescent-friendly services are able to reduce sex and pregnancy for girls." The majority of adolescent births occur in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs); 2014 data from Kenya, for example, indicate that one in every five girls between 15-19 years is
".adds to the limited rigorous research available on the effectiveness of such interventions to delay early marriage and fertility in highly impoverished, challenging, and socially conservative settings." Early marriage has multiple drivers, including cultural and social norms and lack of educational and economic opportunities.