Discussion Questions

Aired March 8, 2004

Federal officials plan to significantly loosen their restrictions on same-sex public education, giving schools the most freedom they've had to teach boys and girls separately in almost 30 years. CNN's Kathleen Koch looks at the pros and cons of single-sex classes.

1. What is Title IX? What action did the Bush administration recently take to promote same-sex classes in U.S. public schools?

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2. Why are some criticizing the the Bush administration's proposal? How do students at the Jefferson Leadership Academies feel about same-sex classes?  What is your opinion of same-sex classes?

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3. What is gender discrimination? What are some of the potential problems associated with gender discrimination for men, women and society in general? Do you think gender discrimination exists in America today? Give examples to support your opinion. If you think gender discrimination exists, why do you think this is the case?  Discuss.

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Related Sites

CNN.com: Feds to loosen limits on same-sex schools (http://www.cnn.com/2004/EDUCATION/03/03/same.sex.schools.ap/index.html)

U.S. Department of Education(http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml)

Title IX, Education Amendments of 1972 (http://www.dol.gov/oasam/regs/statutes/titleix.htm)

Title IX: 25 Years of Progress (http://www.ed.gov/pubs/TitleIX/index.html)

What You Need To Know: Title IX (http://womensissues.about.com/library/blwyntktitleix.htm)

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Civil Rights Laws (http://go.hrw.com/hrw.nd/arbiter/pRedirect?project=hrwonline&siteId=470&pageId=3168)

Keywords

George W. Bush, Title IX, restrictions, public schools, same-sex classes, gender descrimination, teamwork, co-ed environment