Education Law

Because Boys Hunt and Girls Get Married?

One of the really disturbing trends of late is the movement back toward segregated schooling by gender, thanks to loosening of regulations by the Bush administration, which I have said before is probably unconstitutional. So, I am happy to report, thanks to a tip from Kevin Welner, that the ACLU of Alabama was effective in ridding 10 school districts of single-sex classes. Here is the rationale offered by one of the districts:

"a writing prompt for a boy may be what place in the world he would most like to go hunting or drive on a race track where the girls may write about their dream wedding dress or their ideal birthday party."

Thankfully, the district has agreed to end this practice. Unfortunately, there is still a lawsuit pending on the same issue in Kentucky. But, I do sort of hope that one of these cases makes it to at least the appellate level so we can reinforce the notion that segregated schooling is inherently unequal.

Full post as published by Edjurist on July 08, 2009 (boomark / email).