Outlines the career of Nathanial Allen, a nineteenth century educator and reformer. Focuses on his school which was racially and sexually integrated. (MK)

Reports on conflicts between student religious groups and college nondiscrimination policies concerning homosexuality. Incidents involved the student Christian Fellowship chapters at Tufts University (Massachusetts) and Middlebury College (Vermont). Conflict focuses on freedom of religion versus the institution's right to withhold funding from…

This article presents a case study of political action leading to passage of the Sex Equity in Education Act in California in 1982. Project ARISE (Assistance in Regulatory Implementation of Sex Equity) designed model regulations to be used in developing official regulations by education agencies is described. (MT)

Emphasizes the responsibility of the English teacher to his colleagues as well as his responsibility to his students. There is stress on recognition of women to society and as teachers of English. (ML)

Excerpts from speeches by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., are reprinted. Topics discussed include discrimination, the South, education, nonviolent resistance, poverty, economic opportunity, and world peace. (LH)

Discusses discrimination on the basis of sex in public and private school athletics. Writer concludes that such discrimination is violative of Fourteenth Amendment guarantees but also of the provisions within Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.

Fear, judgements, and violence have characterized discrimination throughout history. In sex discrimination, both sexes have a responsibility to fight discriminatory attitudes. Women should retain their distinctly feminine characteristics while at the same time being provided the same opportunities as men of equal ability. Title IX of the Education…

For some time now, democratization of education has been prominent in the concerns of educators throughout the world, particularly in respect of the need of individuals and groups to highlight their identity and assert their role in society. Education is the means to facilitate this identification and this assertion. Democratization must now move…

The shift from male-defined to gender-balanced education over the past 15 years is described by examining how the social movement for sex equity and the new scholarship on women have interacted. Implications for future action and inquiry are suggested. (MT)

Speeches and small group working sessions were the major components of this sex equity seminar. Speeches given by Annika Thelin (Sweden) and Gaby Weiner (United Kingdom) presented an historical and analytical approach to equal opportunities, focusing on the often slow progress towards sex equality in the education of children in Sweden and the…

This article discusses changing educational experiences for young children concerning sex role behavior. (PD)