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NEA
The National Education Association called for teacher training programs and guidance in sexuality education. -
American Hygiene Association
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Integration of Sex Ed into School Curriculums
Schools began to integrate sex education into their curriculums. -
U.S. Office of Education
In the 1930s, the U.S. Office of Education began to publish materials and train teachers. -
College Campuses
In the 1940s and 50s, courses in sexuality began to appear on college campuses. -
U.S. Public Health Service
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Family Life & Sex Education
In 1953, the American School Health Association launced a nationwide program in family life education. The American Medical Association, along with the NEA, published five pamphlets that were referred to as "the sex education series" for schools. -
SIECUS
In 1964, Mary Calderone, a physician who had been the medical director at Planned Parenthood, founded the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States. SIECUS was created in part to challenge the hegemony of the American Social Hygiene Association, which then dominated sex-education curriculum development. -
NYU
In 1968, The U.S. Office of Education gave New York University a grant to develop graduate programs for training sex-education teachers. -
Comprehensive Family Education
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U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop
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Sex Education 2000
In June of 1989, SIECUS published Sex Education 2000: A Call to Action, which outlined 13 goals that would ensure that all children received comprehensive sexuality education by the year 2000. -
Welfare Reform Act
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Real Act
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Appropriations Bill
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Health Care Reform
