ASHA is devastated to learn of another school shooting, this time in Uvalde, Texas. Just as schools are learning to navigate the “new normal” of COVID-19, we are reminded that the issues facing schools prior to the pandemic not only remain, but have been exacerbated by the pandemic. Soon after schools re-opened, school violence re-emergedREAD MORE >>

Masks Are the New Condoms for Public Health Education Guest Blog Post by ASHA Fellow, Dr. Stephen Sroka We live in an environment where new daily reports raise questions about the latest COVID variants which seem to move more easily and quickly and are spreading facts and fears wildly across the country. Schools are strugglingREAD MORE >>

Expanding LGBTQ Inclusion Within Sex Education Post submitted by Jeanie Alter (she/her/hers), Executive Director, American School Health Association, and HRC Foundation’s Youth Well-Being Team As a parent to an elementary school child, curious questions about anatomy and reproduction inevitably arise. I take these questions as opportunities to provide developmentally appropriate information to help my childREAD MORE >>