Prison classrooms aim to help rehabilitate convicts, but it seems they're mainly designed to help men, a new study out of Texas found. Women behind bars get fewer choices for classes and for degrees and face other educational obstacles. Women…
What does sex discrimination in education have to do with the fight against climate change? Lots. In this slow week for Title IX news while students are on winter break, I'll mention just one. By Andrewholmes24. Top photo of windmills…
In a sign of hope for the new year, journalists report that schools and colleges are moving toward incorporating restorative justice programs to manage conflict and rule-breaking. Sometimes these programs are called restorative practices instead of restorative justice because the…
Three U.S. Congresswomen and a senator proposed the Fair Play for Women Act to address ongoing inequities in school athletics 50 years after Title IX outlawed such discrimination. The legislation would make a number of significant changes. In a nutshell:…
Many schools ignore Title IX with impunity, a stellar investigation by USA Today found. In the final installment of its 2022 series of investigations for Title IX's 50th anniversary, USA Today reported on its year-long study of letters and agreements…
A federal bill could repair a flaw imposed by the Supreme Court on Title IX more than 20 years ago that makes it harder to address sexual harassment in education than in employment. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Mazie Hirono…
To close out my month-long book tour I'll be signing books and talking about Title IX at two bookstores in Ohio on Friday, November 18. First up: Come say hello and get your signed copy of 37 Words: Title IX…
Georgia Institute of Technology President Angel Cabrera Izquierdo and I will be talking about Title IX in Atlanta in one of his "Conversations with Cabrera" on Tuesday, November 15 at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The event is free and open…
Mary Jo Kane I'm on my way to the Twin Cities, where I'll be talking about 37 Words and Title IX in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Join me for a free event open to all at SubText Books in St…
This Thursday and Friday I'll be talking about Title IX in Missouri, hosted by two wonderful book stores in St. Louis and Columbia, home of the University of Missouri main campus. One of the events will be live-streamed, so you…
I'll be talking about Title IX in Syracuse on Monday, October 24 at 5 p.m. Eastern Time in Grewen Auditorium of Le Moyne College. The event is free and open to the public. Also that day, look for me on…
Y'all are welcome at the University of Texas at Austin’s Center for Women in Law for an online conversation with me on Wednesday, October 19 at 1 p.m. Central Time as part of their “Ex Libris” authors series. It's free, but you'll…
A recent Supreme Court ruling clashed with existing laws, producing a Title IX showdown on abortion of sorts in schools, colleges, and universities. The U.S. Department of Education reminded educational institutions that Title IX protects students, faculty, and staff against…
Rather than read the case files of recent Title IX lawsuits, you can easily get the picture through this short video of athletes describing how they see differences in their schools' treatment of girls' and boys' sports. In this case,…
Requests for book censorship are a bigger problem than ever before, the American Library Association announced as part of Banned Books Week, September 18-24, 2022. In 2021, 729 requests tried to ban 1,597 books. So far in 2022, 681 attempts…
People and organizations submitted a record number of comments on Title IX regulations proposed by the Biden Administration. The Department of Education will review 240,085 comments received by the September 12 deadline before taking its next steps to revise Title…
Fifty years of failure to stop sex discrimination in school athletics means that it's time for Congress to help enforce Title IX in sports, an influential think tank proposed. If schools with athletics programs want federal funding (which nearly all…
Women's Equality Day on August 26 includes the struggle for equity in education, which handily illustrates how movements for various aspects of women's rights are never really separate from each other. On that date in 1920, U.S. women won the…
Students lack familiarity with Title IX not just because they aren't taught about it but because schools' written Title IX policies aren't understandable, a new study suggests. The bureaucratic, technical wording in those policies wasn't written for them. Researchers asked…
Title IX controversies historically draw the most attention if they come from elite coastal universities or Washington, D.C.'s halls of power, but sex discrimination matters just as much to schools in the so-called "flyover states." In the 1970s women faculty…