Politics and sex-related programs in urban schooling

Authors
Citation
Fm. Hess et Dl. Leal, Politics and sex-related programs in urban schooling, URBAN AFF R, 35(1), 1999, pp. 24-43
Citations number
72
Categorie Soggetti
Politucal Science & public Administration
Journal title
URBAN AFFAIRS REVIEW
ISSN journal
10780874 → ACNP
Volume
35
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
24 - 43
Database
ISI
SICI code
1078-0874(199909)35:1<24:PASPIU>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Very Little is known about why urban school districts choose to enact sex-r elated education and health programs. In this article, the authors test a m odel explaining such programs using: a 1992 Council of Urban Boards of Educ ation survey. They fmd that the likelihood a school district will offer suc h programs is significantly affected by perceived local support for the pro grams, the percentage of women on the school board, the local Hispanic popu lation, local median family income, and district private school enrollment. Measures of need, such as the urban birthrate, do not appear to have a sig nificant effect.