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Is the Central Valley's approach to sex ed boosting teen birth and STD rates?
For years, some school districts in California's Central Valley have been reluctant to teach... more »
posted 03/06/17

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Project: Sex education is now the law, but conservative school leaders aren’t happy about it
Before the California Healthy Youth Act went into effect last year, Fresno Unified was one of a few school districts that didn’t teach comprehensive sex education and pushback against such lessons remains.
Project: Why are birth rates higher for Latina teens than others? It’s complicated, experts say
While U.S. teen birth rates have continued to decrease across all races and ethnicities, disparities persist. In 2014, nearly 75 percent of the teen births in Fresno County California were to Hispanic mothers.
Project: This teen mom and her newborn rode a city bus to a school for delinquents. Here’s why
Research has shown that sex education results in fewer teen pregnancies, but in California's politically conservative San Joaquin Valley, there is a history of strong push-back against sex ed.