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ABSTRACT
The 2007 Review of Comprehensive Sex Education Curricula conducted by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is meant to be a partner document to the 2004 Waxman Report and was published alongside the 2007 Mathematica Abstinence Policy Study, making it a timely entry in the current critical look at sex education programs that reach American youth. This article looks at the research methods and findings of the 2007 Review. The 2007 Review yielded many examples of clear and inappropriate bias against its subject, research measures that were not effective for their purposes, extremely critical and unreasonable benchmarks for failure, and several examples of referencing that were either implicitly confusing or explicitly incorrect.
Elokin CaPece, Health Educator, is with Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region, 1407 Union Ave., Suite 300, Memphis, TN 38104 (E-mail: [email protected]). She holds an MA in Women's Studies from the University of Memphis and has an undergraduate degree in History, Greek and Roman Studies, and Education. She's partnered with non-profit organizations working with social justice and reproductive health issues for the past seven years.
Special thanks to the Planned Parenthood Affiliate Education list for all its support. Specific thanks to Nicole Adelman (Planned Parenthood Mid-Michigan Alliance), Dawn F. Price (Planned Parenthood of East Central Iowa), Jennie Correia, and Rob Curry (Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood), Bill Taverner (The Center for Family Life Education at Planned Parenthood of Greater Northern New Jersey), Alexis Harris (Hope and Healing Center), Jennifer Marshall (Memphis Center for Reproductive Health), and Charsha Ewing (Community HIV Network).