EdWeek Update: Title IX Promise Unmet for Pregnant Students

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	TODAY'S TOP STORY Title IX Promise Unmet for Pregnant Students Title IX is most often associated with school sports, but the gender-equity law applies to many aspects of schooling. • Timeline: A History of Title IX • Full Coverage: Title IX Turns 40 For more stories, visit Education Week's homepage. Advertisement Experience a primary classroom where literacy learning goes hand-in-hand with amazing thinking about social issues, inquiry, and working together toward common goals. Many Texts, Many Voices shows teachers how to incorporate multiliteracies—digital, visual, and critical—with lessons, text sets, rubrics, and more. Browse the entire book! TODAY'S COMMENTARY Title IX: The Work Continues On the eve of Title IX's 40th anniversary, Fatima Goss Graves considers barriers the law has lifted and those that remain on the gender-bias front. View more Commentaries from Education Week. Follow Education Week Commentary @EdWeekComm BUDGET AND FINANCE Districts Experiment With 'Weighted' Funding Boston, Denver, and Baltimore are among the districts now funding schools based on the numbers and types of students they enroll. View more Budget and Finance stories from Education Week. TODAY'S MUST-READ Backers of Private School Choice Keen on Tax Credits Backers say tax credits offer fewer legal red flags than traditional vouchers and could save states and districts cash. Preview by clicking headline, or subscribe for full access. MORE NEWS Senate Appropriations Committee Adds School Improvement Option (June 15, 2012, Politics K-12 Blog) L.A. Teachers Agree to Shorter Year, Pay Cut in New Contract (June 18, 2012, McClatchy-Tribune) Senate Committee Reinforces Rules for District Special Ed. Spending (June 15, 2012, On Special Education Blog) Obama: Undocumented Youths Will Not Be Deported (June 15, 2012, Learning the Language Blog) A Standoff Over a Virtual Charter in North Carolina (June 15, 2012, Charters & Choice Blog) Mass. Union, Advocacy Group Strike Seniority Deal (June 15, 2012, Teacher Beat Blog) Contract Awarded to Oversee Teacher Assessment Leaders (June 18, 2012, Curriculum Matters Blog) All in the Wrist: Can a Bracelet Measure Student Engagement? (June 15, 2012, Teaching Now Blog) MORE VIEWS Are Schools Meeting the Needs of Parents? (June 18, 2012, Finding Common Ground Blog) National Board Certification for All Teachers (June 18, 2012, John Wilson Unleashed Blog) Open Letter to the President, Time to Do What's Right for Schools (June 16, 2012, Living in Dialogue Blog) Are Compliant Teachers Exhibiting Stockholm Syndrome? (June 16, 2012, Teacher in a Strange Land Blog) Building Up Your Book Muscle (June 17, 2012, The Book Whisperer Blog) OUR COMMUNITY Comment of the Day Many of the young teachers in classrooms today know nothing but 'data-driven' decision making and methodologies, and don't even think to question its validity. —quitecontrary • View this comment and respond. Weekly Forum Discussion Combating the 'Summer Slide' When school's out for the summer, many students regress academically. How can educators help their students retain what they've learned? What initiatives are you aware of that have helped combat the "summer slide"? • Share your thoughts. Follow EdWeek on Twitter and Facebook for the latest news and insight.		GRADUATION SPEECHES Have you heard—or delivered—a particularly meaningful high school graduation address this year? Email a copy of the speech, along with the details of where and when it was given, and by whom, to ewcommentary@epe.org. MOST POPULAR STORIES 1. 'Why Flipped Classrooms Are Here to Stay' 2. Classroom Q&A With Larry Ferlazzo Blog: Response: Several Ways We Can Help Students Develop Good Habits 3. Higher Ed. Assesses Training of Teachers for Common Core 4. The Home Library Effect: Transforming At-Risk Readers 5. Finding Common Ground Blog: Do We Know How to Teach Highly Able Learners? Some stories may require subscription. Education Week Events Engaging Parents in Schools and Student Learning Webinar June 21, 2:00 p.m. Eastern Register now. The Senior Slump: Strategies to Keep Students Motivated Chat June 26, 2:00 p.m. Eastern Sign up for e-mail reminder. Title IX Turns 40: What's Left to Do? Chat June 27, 2:00 p.m. Eastern Sign up for e-mail reminder. Revealing How Education Leaders Can Work Together on Common-Standards Implementation Webinar July 11, 2:00 p.m. Eastern Register now. 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