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An interdisciplinary resource for news, legal developments, commentary, and scholarship about Title IX, the federal statute prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex in federally funded schools.
| Erin mentioned briefly that she attended the Title IX conference at the University of Michigan last week. Here is more coverage of the event and the issues discussed. We were happy to see that discussion on ways to remedy racial discrimination in athletic...[Read on] |
| Erin has been doing a great job noting all the 40th anniversary coverage that has been going on nationally. They haven't all been happy, happy, rah-rah events, however. Former USWNT player, Brandi Chastain, was participating in one such event last week. ...[Read on] |
| Yesterday we posted about a girl playing on a boys team, so today we'll discuss a couple of stories about cross-over participation of the other variety. Keeling Pilaro was recently excluded from the Southampton (NY) High School girls' field hockey ...[Read on] |
| This week in Arizona, a fundamentalist Catholic high school called "Our Lady of Sorrows" (indeed!) forfeited the high school championship game rather than face Mesa Preparatory Academy and its female second-baseman, Paige Sultzbach. According to its...[Read on] |
| I'm posting this from Ann Arbor, Michigan, where boxer Laila Ali kicked off the SHARP Title IX at 40 conference at the University of Michigan, with a keynote speech about the importance of athletic opportunities for women and girls. For coverage of ...[Read on] |
| Just a brief post to supplement my earlier post summarizing some of the Title IX 40th Anniversary coverage that has been in the news lately. This article, also from the recent Sports Illustrated issue that is devoted to Title IX, describes the...[Read on] |
| Here are summaries of some recent Title IX sexual harassment cases making their way through the courts: The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a decision dismissing a case against a school district deriving from a female teacher's sexual harassment an...[Read on] |
| It's hard to keep up with all the Title IX news this spring. Title IX's 40th anniversary is in June, and the media is ramping up its coverage of our favorite statute. So far, most of what I've seen has a sports/athletics angle, much of it cele...[Read on] |
| A Wilmington (Ohio) College senior student-teaching at area Hillsboro High School was dismissed in January on his second day of placement. Recently, however, the Wilmington News Journal raised questions about the role of discrimination in that decis...[Read on] |
| The NCAA has come out with a very clear position on sexual relationships between coaches and student-athletes. They are wrong. They are a serious problem. And they must be "unambiguously and effectively prohibit[ed] to ensure that sport ...[Read on] |
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| NCAA Tennis Championships May 17 - 28: Dan Magill Tennis Complex | NCAA Golf Championships May 22 - 25: Vanderbilt Legends Club |
| WNBA Games May 22: 200 S Denver Ave Tulsa, OK 74103-5019 |
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