School District Choice of Sexuality Education Curriculum in Mississippi

Autor/inn/en	Sullivan Robinson, Rachel; Kunnuji, Michael; Shawar, Yusra Ribhi; Shiffman, Jeremy
Titel	School District Choice of Sexuality Education Curriculum in Mississippi
Quelle	In: Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 22 (2022) 2, S.153-168 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Sullivan Robinson, Rachel) ORCID (Kunnuji, Michael) ORCID (Shawar, Yusra Ribhi) ORCID (Shiffman, Jeremy)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1468-1811
DOI	10.1080/14681811.2021.1898361
Schlagwörter	Sexuality; Sex Education; School Districts; Elementary Secondary Education; Political Attitudes; Curriculum Development; Decision Making; Nonprofit Organizations; Poverty; Racial Composition; School District Wealth; Evidence Based Practice; Educational Policy; Christianity; Religious Factors; Mississippi + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sexualität; Sex instruction; Sexualaufklärung; Sexualerziehung; Sexualkunde; School district; Schulbezirk; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Nonprofit-Organisation; Armut; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Christentum
Abstract	In 2011, the US state of Mississippi mandated its school districts to adopt a sexuality education curriculum. Approximately half of districts chose a more comprehensive abstinence-plus curriculum over an abstinence-only curriculum. To understand this outcome, we conducted a logistic regression analysis of school district curriculum choice among Mississippi's school districts using data from 2012 when districts made the initial curricular decision, and from 2019, to assess continuity of findings. At both time points, poorer districts were more likely to adopt abstinence-plus curricula, despite the associated costs. Urban districts were also significantly more likely to choose abstinence-plus curricula, as were districts connected to Mississippi First, a local non-profit organisation that linked school districts to federal funding for abstinence-plus curricula. Despite the connection between political and sexual liberalism, political liberalism had limited predictive power over district sexuality education curriculum choice. Furthermore, one-third of the districts that adopted abstinence-only curricula were very similar to those that adopted abstinence-plus curricula in terms of poverty, religious adherents, rural location, political liberalism, gonorrhoea burden and racial composition. These findings indicate the importance of state mandates for sexuality education, federal funding for evidence-based curricula, and the presence of supportive local organisations to advance the adoption of more comprehensive sexuality education. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01