ABSTRACT
The National Campaign to Reduce Teen Pregnancy initiated by President Clinton in 1996 included representatives from the medical community, sports figures, a university president, and comedian Whoopi Goldberg.1 It did not include an educator or administrator from a grade school or a high school, or an educational researcher or policy analyst that studied teen pregnancy. The composition of this committee reflects the lack of involvement and visibility of educators and educational researchers in policy arenas at a national level. This absence is curious given that it is schools that have the most contact with adolescents and are the acknowledged frontline service providers for teen mothers. It seems obvious that educators and educational policy researchers have much to contribute to national
discussions and policy deliberations about teen pregnancy or should at least be involved in establishing policies that schools will be required to implement. So where have the educational policy researchers been? Why are education personnel noticeably missing from discussions, debates, and policy development? Why is their absence not questioned?
