Education & Title IX

High School Data Transparency Act

High School Data Transparency Act

Girls have 1.3 million fewer chances to play sports in high school. This law will make it easier to ensure girls are treated fairly.

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Pregnant & Parenting Students

When teen parents drop out, everyone loses

The Pregnant & Parenting Students Access to Education Act will help these students graduate ready for success. 

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Take Action on Education

The so-called "Student Success Act"

Despite the clever title, the bill is a giant step in the wrong direction for students. Tell Congress to vote no on the Student Success Act.

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Bullying & Sexual Harassment

Bullying & Sexual Harassment

Learn more about how schools can and should respond to bullying and harassment.

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Fair Play for Women & Girls in Sports

Check It Out: Is the Playing Field Level for Women and Girls at Your School?

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A Fair Chance in Sports
Pregnant/Parenting Students
Take Action on Education
Bullying & Sexual Harassment
Fair Play for Women & Girls

Highlights

Fact Sheet | The Next Generation of Title IX: Athletics

June 13, 2012

This fact sheet discusses Title IX's impacts on athletics for girls and women since its passage 40 years ago and makes recommendations as to next steps to ensure that Title IX's goals are fully realized.  It chronicles the specific ways in which women's and girls' athletics opportunities have grown and been supported, and identifies concrete policy goals and questions for the next generation.

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Fact Sheet | The Next Generation of Title IX: Harassment and Bullying Based on Sex

June 13, 2012

Title IX is about much more than sports.  In this fact sheet, we look at the protection Title IX offers from harassment and bullying based on gender and gender stereotypes.  The fact sheet also addresses cyberbullying, and looks ahead to next steps in strengthening Title IX's anti-harassment mandates.

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Fact Sheet | The Next Generation of Title IX: STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math

June 13, 2012

Since 1972, Title IX has opened the doors for women to pursue many fields, but in STEM women remain underrepresented in classes and fields that are pathways to high wage careers. This fact sheet discusses Title IX's impact on women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) and recommends ways that schools and the government can move forward policies in pursuit of Title IX's goals.

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Fact Sheet | The Next Generation of Title IX: Pregnant and Parenting Students

June 13, 2012

Title IX protects students from discrimination based on their "actual or potential parental, family, or marital status" or based on a student's "pregnancy, childbirth, false pregnancy, termination of pregnancy or recovery therefrom."  This fact sheet describes how far Title IX has come in ensuring these protections, and what still must be done to make sure that the protections are implemented and well-known.

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Reports & Toolkits | It's Your Education: How Title IX Protections Can Help You

June 22, 2010

This easy-to-use tool provides information to students at all levels of education about their rights under Title IX to ensure that male and female students receive the education they deserve.  It’s Your Education lays out the key protections under Title IX and provides tips for students on what to do if they suspect that they are experiencing discrimination in school.

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Legal Briefs & Testimony | Joint Statement of Civil Rights Leaders to HELP Committee re: ESEA

April 04, 2011

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education recognized that the access toeducation is fundamental to ensuring equal opportunity for all Americans. But Brown was momentous not simply because it affirmed the right of black and brown children to be treated equally in the classroom, but also because it reinforced a core principle: that equity is central to our democratic society. While Brown energized the civil rights movement, we know that making its promise a reality has proved challenging, to say the least. The enactment of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) was one way of implementing the civil rights principles fought for in Brown.C

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Reports & Toolkits | President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2012 Budget and H.R. 1, the Continuing Resolution: A Tale of Two Visions

February 18, 2011

The budget is a statement of national priorities, and in February 2011, the nation was presented with two drastically different visions: President Obama's budget for Fiscal Year 2012 and H.R 1, the House Republican bill for funding (or de-funding) the federal government for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2011.

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Legal Briefs & Testimony | Letter to Michigan Dept. of Education re: Guidelines for Homebound and Hospitalized Services for Public School Students

February 10, 2011

We write on behalf of the National Women’s Law Center to urge the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) to revise its guidelines on homebound and hospitalized services for public school students, which conflict with Title IX, the federal law prohibiting sex discrimination in any program of a school that receives federal funds, and its implementing regulations. It has come to our attention that MDE Guidelines expressly exclude pregnant and parenting students from homebound instructional services in violation of Title IX. The current Michigan guidelines have also encouraged local school districts to also violate Title IX by excluding pregnant and parenting students from essential services.

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Fact Sheet | Carol M. White Physical Education Program

February 01, 2011

The “Carol M. White Physical Education Program” is the only federal program that supports physical education.  As part of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (PL 107-110), its purpose is to “begin, develop, and improve physical education programs for all kindergarten through 12th-grade students." The National Girls and Women in Sports Day Coalition supports this program and an increased investment in quality physical education in the U.S.

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Legal Briefs & Testimony | Appellants' Brief: Amber Parker, et. al., v. Indiana High School Athletic Association, et al.

January 25, 2011

The issues presented by this Appeal are: 1) Whether Defendants' discriminatory scheduling of basketball games violates Title IX; 2) whether Defendants, as local school districts, are arms of the state; and 3) whether Defendants' discriminatory scheduling violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.

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