1st female athletic director at Eisenhower
Eisenhower HS in Blue Island, IL, named its 1st-ever female athletic director, who vows not to let her gender stop her from her goals.
Title IX
We mark the anniversary of the Civil Rights Act
We have much to admire about a country that can elect a President Trump while professing an undying faith in civil rights.
Feds: We have no jurisdiction in transgender cases
The US Dept. of Ed. has reportedly dismissed 3 new transgender discrimination cases, claiming the department can't intervene.
Judge won’t stop a transgender policy in Dist. 211
Students at northwest-suburban high schools would probably agree: students should use bathrooms based on gender identity.
Feds withdraw sexual assault investigation rules
The US Ed. Dept. issued interim guidance that will replace some Obama administration rules for how schools investigate sexual assault.
U.S. signals major shift in sex assault investigation
Schools may soon have new guidance from the feds on how sexual assaults should be investigated, Betsy DeVos told the country.
Who run the world? She who codes it.
Girls Who Code promotes equity in high-tech fields. A summer immersion camp, where 1 team programmed robots, is part of it.
Wis. SD asks Supreme Court about transgender case
The bathroom (and locker room/shower) question keeps coming up regarding transgender students. Maybe the Supreme Court should just decide this.
Opaque leggings now OK at Evanston Twp.
Should schools prohibit girls from wearing leggings? If so, what does that say about equality of the sexes in our public schools?
Some Utah girls want to play football
A lawsuit filed in federal court over Title IX seeks to provide a girls' football team at several high schools in Utah.