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.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
New facilities will resolve WI complaint
Resolution of a 2006 complaint filed anonymously regarding the situation at Arrowhead High School in Wisconsin is forthcoming. The OCR investigation of the complaint that alleged discrimination because the girls' field hockey team did not receive equitable resources compared to boys' teams at the high school. Improvements to the field hockey field as well as the softball field will take care of the situation according to the school superintendent.
Bad investigations
The more I learn about the ins and outs of Title IX (and Title VI) investigations, the more pessimistic I become about the ability of these...