Gender Equity and Discrimination - All Levels of Education

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  • U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights
    Investigates and resolves complaints of discrimination in education.  See website for regional centers and information about filing a complaint.
  • Title IX
    Public service, informational campaign designed to educate the public about Title IX. Explains the regulations in easy-to-understand language with cases studies, provides local community Title IX resources, links to many governmental and educational organizations for more detailed information and advocacy.
  • National Women’s Law Center: Gender Equity in Education
    Public education, advocacy, and impact litigation to enforce Title IX and promote gender equity.  Projects have included challenging biased testing procedures, inequities in math/science education, discrimination in athletics, and sexual harassment. Takes very few cases a year; information and resources on website.
  • National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education
    Nonprofit coalition dedicated to improving educational opportunities for girls and women. Public education about issues concerning equal rights for women and girls in education; monitors enforcement of laws promoting gender equity in education; research and policy analysis.  Website has info about laws and policies, and issues affecting women’s equal access to education and athletics.
  • Myra Sadker Foundation to Promote Gender Equity
    Works to eliminate gender bias in education. Provides undergraduate scholarships, doctoral dissertation awards, special grants to K-12 teachers to support classroom efforts at eliminating bias, and special grants to K-12 students working to support the ideals of the Myra Sadker Foundation. Website has resources and suggestions for achieving equality in education.
  • Gender, Diversity, and Technologies Institute
    Innovative research and policy institute that focuses on developing gender-healthy education and schools; technology and gender; the elimination of all forms of gendered violence; improving economic self-sufficiency for both women and men; and developing a deeper understanding of the multiple ways to define femininity and masculinity.
  • Feminist Majority Foundation, Education Equality Program
    Terrific resource and action center on issues of educational equity and Title IX. Definitions, information, research, and links.
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