Shelby Knox on the Daily Show

Shelby was featured in a hilarious segment on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” about abstinence-only sexual education programs. Click here to watch the video.

Shelby Participates in Congressional Hearings on Sex Ed

Shelby testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform in a hearing on the effectiveness of abstinence-only programs on April 23. You can read about Shelby’s experience on the ACLU’s Take Issue, Take Charge blog.

Video Interview

Our friends at Sex, Etc. have posted a video interview with Shelby. You can watch it here.

Shelby Knox and the Dixie Chicks

See a video of the Dixie Chicks talking about The Education of Shelby Knox on VH1 Storytellers. Click here for the video.

"We'd seen a documentary called 'The Education of Shelby Knox,' which was about a girl ... trying to get Lubbock to teach sex education in the schools. Lubbock has one of the highest rates of teen pregnancy and STDs in the U.S., so it really showed what happens when you keep that information away from people." - Emily Robison of the Dixie Chicks

The other lightning-rod track, "Lubbock or Leave It," takes a more insular approach. The song could speak to any small-town USA where religion and hypocrisy mingle with conservatism. The Chicks were inspired to write it after watching The Education of Shelby Knox, a 2005 documentary about a Lubbock high school student who fought for sex education in a district known for its mantra of abstinence. - Dallas Morning News review of the new Dixie Chicks album

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