Chief state school officers and state education departments are probably in the best position to make the spirit of Title IX a reality by aggressively implementing the federal law as well as the laws and policies of their legislatures and state boards. An Equal Rights for Women in Education Project of the Education Commission of the States survey…

The On Site Needs Assessment and Long-range Planning (OSP) Model designed by the Michigan department of Education's Office of Sex Equity is a consultation service provided at the request of Michigan's local or intermediate school districts. The first of the OSP Model's three phases covers assessment of a district's level of sex equity and degree…

Current sex equity programs and policies in several states provide instructive examples of the leadership that state education agencies (SEAs) can exercise on sex equity issues. Descriptions of state legislation and program activity related to sex equity in Massachusetts, Washington, Alaska, Minnesota, New York, Iowa, California, and Michigan…