Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 mandates that sex discrimination be eliminated in federally assisted education programs. Although a few issues such as competitive athletics have generated wide interest, Title IX has significant implications for a variety of less publicized issues including recruiting, admissions, financial aid,…

Single-sex education describes a diverse range of situations, including individual classes, programs after school, required programs, voluntary programs, and programs to remedy gender inequities and encourage cultural and racial pride. This brief addresses the genesis and legality of single-sex classrooms, the merits and critiques of single-sex…

Response towards coeducational physical education has been varied due to individual teacher perceptions and administrative support. Many programs may fail due to the dysfunctional nature of change in schools. The use of ability grouping and administrative commitment is suggested as a means of improving sex-integrated physical education. (DF)

Gender role conformity restricts the sport participation of females. Research examining media images and messages regarding the female athlete is reviewed. It reveals two themes: female athletes and sports events are underreported and underrepresented throughout the mass media, and stereotypic presentation of female athletes trivializes the…

In an effort to further the understanding of gender traits or sexual bias that high school-aged choral music students might be exposed to in their curricular materials, two choral textbooks Choral Connections Beginning Level 1 Treble Voices and Choral Connections Beginning Level 1 Tenor-Bass Voices published by Glencoe MacGraw-Hill in 1999 were…

Although sex discrimination has been widespread in many areas of public school education, in no area has it been so blatant as in athletics. Much of the support for the posture that competitive athletics was morally and physically bad for girls came from the physical education profession itself and from the women in the profession. Misconceptions…

Standardized, oversimplified conceptions of behaviors that are appropriate to males and females are called sex role stereotypes. Expectations are formed on the basis of these stereotypes. Traditional notions of sex role are changing as a result of new trends in technology, social organization, and economics. Research indicates that female students…

This compendium of materials focuses on sex discrimination, Title IX, and women in sports, and provides information and recommendations on bringing about equity for women in athletic programs. The individual papers deal with the following topics: (1) the Women's Equity Action League (WEAL) Fund and its work; (2) equal opportunity and…

Because schools and departments of education have given too little heed to faculty development, many teachers of teachers unknowingly perpetuate sex-role stereotyping. (Editor)

Reviews issues relating to the socialization and participation of women in athletics in six articles which also deal with unequal financial support, Title IX requirements, inviting reentry women to participate in athletics, and the relationship between the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics…

Examines the purposes of Title IX as it applies to sex-stereotyped textbooks, considers the need for regulation in this area, and discusses the applicable First Amendment doctrines. Concludes that sex discrimination in instructional materials may be regulated without violating the First Amendment guarantee of freedom of speech. (Author/JG)

Title IX requires that the practice of segregating physical education classes on the basis of sex must cease. This article offers suggestions on how to ease the transition to sex-integrated physical education programs. (Author/DS)

Visual displays stereotyping females have been judged in courts as evidence of hostile environment sexual harassment, a form of gender discrimination. Cites cases that may determine whether such harassment exists in a school. To combat discrimination, school programs should not focus exclusively on behavior, but improvement of interpersonal…

One of a series of instructional packets to aid schools in reducing sex stereotypes, this inservice guide for use with school personnel is designed to reiterate the necessity for careful examination and evaluation of testing materials to determine the degree to which they are free of sexual discrimination, bias, and stereotyping. The applicable…

Sexism in the home economics classroom is discussed and a model of competencies for guiding teachers in a nonsexist approach to teaching is outlined. (TA)