The Central Valley is home to California’s highest birth rates among teenagers. Often, teen mothers are doing it alone. Experts weigh in on how to help teen fathers succeed.
Kevin Aguilar, 18, is a student at SOUL charter school in Fresno. He talks about the challenges he faces raising his 3-year-old daughter Emma. He has sole custody of the child.
During Fresno Bee education reporter Mackenzie Mays’ series on the Valley’s teen pregnancy problems, she tangled with a hostile Fresno school board president.
According to a survey conducted by The Bee, Fresno Unified students are not learning much about sex in school. The California Healthy Youth Act aims to change that.
The Fresno County Preterm Birth Initiative met to discuss ways to address the county's high level of preterm births, concluding it is important to address adolescent well-being early.
As part of The Bee’s series on sex education and teen pregnancy, we asked attendees of the Central California Women’s Conference about their own sex education.
Kayla Wilson, Fresno County Office of Education's sex educator, refutes the concept that some parents and even school board members hold that sex ed will lead to more sexual activities among students. The goal, she says, is to be able to offer tee
The California Healthy Youth Act requires schools to teach unbiased and medically accurate sex education. But there is concern about how much support the curriculum gets in the Valley.
Judy Sinpraseuth, 24, a class aide at Fresno Unified's Early Learning Center, says more sex education and child care may not help. She had her son at 17.
California got rid of child-care programs at its high schools. Teen mom Judy Sinpraseuth had to take a bus ride across Fresno with her baby for classes.
Graciela Pacheco fights to be the best she can for herself and her daughter. Pacheco got pregnant at 14 and says administrators encouraged her to leave her middle school, G
Kevin Aguilar, 18, is a student at SOUL charter school in Fresno. He talks about the challenges he faces raising his 3-year-old daughter Emma. He has sole custody of the child.
