Dear Safe Schools Coalition Members and Friends:
(1) Sexual Identity, Sex of Sexual Contacts, and Health-Risk Behaviors Among Students in Grades 9–12 — Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance, Selected Sites, United States, 2001–2009
(2) Teaching about Trayvon Martin … ideas from WhatKidsCanDo.org
(3) Bully opens in theaters everywhere April 13th
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(1) Sexual Identity, Sex of Sexual Contacts, and Health-Risk Behaviors Among Students in Grades 9–12 — Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance, Selected Sites, United States, 2001–2009
Results from the various sites that asked sexual orientation-related items in the Youth Risk Behavior Survey.
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(2) Teaching about Trayvon Martin … ideas from WhatKidsCanDo.org
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(3) Bully opens in theaters everywhere April 13th
For a great film and curriculum on bullying, entitled Let’s Get Real, (aimed at middle school, but also appropriate at high school and with adults) go here:
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