LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Michigan’s Department of Education (MDE) has apparently decided that algebra and grammar are passé. Instead of focusing on abysmal test scores in the state, they’re diving headfirst into teenage hormones, asking high schoolers deeply personal questions about their sexual activity, drug use, and mental health.

The 2025 Michigan High School Youth Risk Behavior Survey is an “optional” questionnaire given every two years sent to select schools nationally, originated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This has been going on for the past 25 years with the state education department contacting the schools for participation. According to Michigan Capitol Confidential, a news source produced by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, 50 school districts in Michigan recently participated in the survey in grades 7, 9, and 11.

Disclose your preferences to Big Brother – all in the name of science.

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The survey prodded students on their sexual preferences and included the following questions…

  • Over the course of your life, how many sexual partners have you had?
  • How many sexual partners have you had in the past three months?
  • Have you ever had intercourse?
  • The first time you had sexual intercourse, how many years younger or older than you was your partner?

 

And it doesn’t stop there. The survey also asks about drug use, depression, and violence.

Silent consent.

The survey is anonymous, so parents have no way of knowing if their child is disclosing personal details to bureaucrats. MDE assures families they can opt out rather than requiring opt-in consent, but most parents probably won’t even know it’s happening unless they stumble across it buried under a mountain of school newsletters.

According to the report from Michigan Capitol Confidential, Howell High School officials reviewed the survey – believing it was mandatory – before it was administered. However, the district administration and the Howell Board of Education’s committee on instruction, improvement, and innovation did not review it, meaning it fell through the cracks of the district’s standard process.

With Michigan’s education system ranking embarrassingly low nationwide, maybe Michigan’s education officials should spend less time having their students fill out sex surveys and more time figuring out why kids can’t read or do math at grade level.