Sex ed in schools: Little connection between what's taught, teen behavior

Sharon Jayson:

Another pregnant teenager in the limelight has focused new attention on just how much teens know about sex and when they know it.

This pregnant teen, of course, is the 17-year-old daughter of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, and the pregnancy has reignited the national debate over two different approaches to sex education: abstinence-only vs. comprehensive. But as it turns out, there's no systematic tracking of what U.S. schools are teaching kids about sex -- and either way, there seems to be little connection between what they're taught and their behaviors, researchers say.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at September 9, 2008 3:33 AM
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