Thursday, September 16, 2010

Education and teen birth rates

Last night I heard on the radio that Oklahoma ranks 49th in the country for education. Then I read in this morning's paper that we have the 5th highest teen birth rate in the nation. Here are those top five:

Mississippi
New Mexico
Texas
Arkansas
Oklahoma

Something to think about, folks.
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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous1:51 PM

    Red states... bet a list of the states with best education and lowest teen pregnancy rates are blue states.

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  2. You know it, Anonymous. Also, these would be the states that don't have intelligent approaches to sex education that include birth control methods but promote abstinence only--as if! This also leads to high teen STD rates. So sad

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