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A Bibliography Of Title Ix Of The Education Amendments Of 1972, Christine Iaconeta Dulac Jan 2013

A Bibliography Of Title Ix Of The Education Amendments Of 1972, Christine Iaconeta Dulac

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It has been thirty-five years since the passage of Title IX of the Education Amendment of 1972. Title IX provides that no person shall be excluded from participation in any educational program or activity that receives federal funding. This legislation is credited with bolstering the participation rates of girls and women in athletics. Although athletics are not explicitly addressed in the statutory language, Title IX requires schools to offer male and female students equal opportunities to play sports, to give male and female athletes their fair share of athletic scholarship money, and to treat male and female athletes equally in …


The Power Behind The Promise: Enforcing No Child Left Behind To Improve Education, Amy M. Reichbach Jan 2004

The Power Behind The Promise: Enforcing No Child Left Behind To Improve Education, Amy M. Reichbach

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Despite the U.S. Supreme Court's recognition in 1954, in Brown v. Board of Education, that education is of paramount importance, six million middle and high school students are still in danger of being left behind. Less than seventy-five percent of eighth graders, fifty percent in urban schools, are graduating from high school within five years. Advocates for educational equity have appealed to the courts, achieving limited success. They have also turned to the legislature, which most recently enacted the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 ("NCLB"). Thus far, however, the federal government has not enforced NCLB adequately. This …


The Struggle For School Desegregation In Cincinnati Before 1954, Davison M. Douglas Apr 2003

The Struggle For School Desegregation In Cincinnati Before 1954, Davison M. Douglas

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