Gender Equity in Education

By ysims6

  • 14 Amendment U.S Constitution-Constitutional Law

    written and supports educational equity
    U.S. Const. amend. XIV

  • Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964-Federal Statutory Law

    Protects students from discrimination (including sex discrimination) in public schools and colleges.
    Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C Sec. 2000d et. seq.

  • Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Federal Statutory Law)

    Prohibits sex discrimination in federally funded educational programs. 20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.

  • Final Title IX Regulations-Administrative Law

    U.S. Department of Health, Education, & Welfare issues final Title IX regulations (34 C.F.R. Part 106).
    Prohibits sex discrimination in athletics-gives a timespan for schools to comply

  • Intercollegiate Athletics Policy Interpretation-Administrative Law

    Intercollegiate Athletics policy interpretation developed by the Office of Civil Rights 34 C.F.R Sec. 106.41
    34 C.F.R Sec. 106.37c Helps to clarify the meaning of"equal opportunity in intercollegiate athletics.

  • Title IX part of OCR-Administrative Law

    Management of Title IX is shifted to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Education

  • Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education-Federal Judicial Law

    United States Supreme Court prohibits retaliation against one who has complained of sex discrimination. Jackson v. Birmingham Bd. of Ed. 544 U.S. 167 (2005)

  • Title IX Coordinator-Administrative Law

    Guidance on the obligation of schools to designate a Title IX Coordinator. This person works to make sure the school is in compliance under Title IX.

  • Title IX Guidance on Transgender Students-Administrative Law

    The Office for Civil Rights withdraws Title IX guidance on transgender students.

  • Summary-Gender Equity

    Although there have been great gains regarding gender equity in education, there is room for improvement. There is much discussion about how to ensure equity for transgender students, females who desire to enter STEM fields, and fairness in regard to athletics. It is vital that gender equity is promoted early in classrooms and socially accepted within our society in an effort to close this discrimination gap.