First of a two-part report on sexual education in Guam’s public school system By Elizabeth Wells For Triton’s Call The 2014 National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy report estimates that on Guam there are 48 births for every 1,000 girls age 15-19. This is double the U.S. national average of 24 births, giving …
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Part two of a report on sex education in Guam’s public school system By Elizabeth Wells For Triton’s Call The Guam Department of Education (GDOE) has implemented sexual education into the health curriculum for high school students with the Safer Choices program, a component of the federal Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP). The PREP program …
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The University of Guam’s School of Education, in partnership with the Chamorro Studies program, held their sixth seminar in the “Around the Latte Stone…” series on Wednesday, March 2. The seminar explained the process and results of the six-year research project titled, “Math and Culture in Micronesia—Integrating Societal Experiences” (MACIMISE). The objective of MACIMISE was …