Title IX at 40 Highlights Dangers of Single-Sex Education The
National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education (NCWGE)
released a report on Monday, Title IX at 40: Working to Ensure
Gender Equity in Education. The report notes progress for girls
and women in athletics and college attainment, but it also
identifies continued major inequities for males and females in
career and technical education, science, technology, engineering
and mathematics (STEM) and pregnant and parenting programs. The
NCWGE releases an update of this report every five years. Other
chapters describe how Title IX guidance from the U.S Department
of Education (ED) has been both strengthened and weakened. On
the positive side, ED guidance on how Title IX can be used to
stop sexual harassment as it discriminates against boys and
girls has been helpful. But in 2006 the Bush ED weakened Title
IX prohibitions against single sex education, as reported by the
Feminist Majority Foundation. This has contributed to increased
sex discrimination a