Although it is not always easy to think of rationality in connection to sexually active high school students (currently 48% of all students, if you believe self-reporting), it may be reasonable to think that, say, sexual activity will decrease if the "cost" of sex increases, e.g., because of risk of AIDS or because of the job opportunities that may be lost due to pregnancy.
At the intersection of rationality and irrationality is this NYT article on providing sex ed via text messages, thereby giving teens a comfortable way to ask difficult questions. Hmmm...maybe someone should start a text-messaging service to answer econ questions for students who hesitate to raise their hand in class!
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