What Is Title IX and Why Do You Care?
- Episode aired Jan 13, 2015
Forty years ago, 1 in 27 girls played high school sports. Now? One in 3 girls does, thanks to a law that you may have never heard of-Title IX. And you also may not know this: Title IX isn't ... Read allForty years ago, 1 in 27 girls played high school sports. Now? One in 3 girls does, thanks to a law that you may have never heard of-Title IX. And you also may not know this: Title IX isn't just closing the gender gap in sports, it's trying to close the gap in fields like science... Read allForty years ago, 1 in 27 girls played high school sports. Now? One in 3 girls does, thanks to a law that you may have never heard of-Title IX. And you also may not know this: Title IX isn't just closing the gender gap in sports, it's trying to close the gap in fields like science and math, too. So, just what is Title IX? And why should you care?