Equality, sports, and Title IX - Erin Buzuvis and Kristine Newhall
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In 1972, U.S. Congress passed Title IX, a law which prohibited discrimination against women in schools, colleges, and universities -- including school-sponsored sports. Before this law, female athletes were few and far between, and funding was even scarcer. Erin Buzuvis and Kristine Newhall explore the significance and complexity of Title IX.
Adams High School has an equal number of female and male students. Girls receive forty percent of the athletic opportunities and boys receive sixty percent of athletic opportunities. Due to financial constraints, AHS decides to cut athletic opportunities to save money and eliminates both the boys’ soccer team and the girls’ soccer team. Do you think that this decision complies with Title IX? Why or why not?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Erin Buzuvis, Kristine Newhall
- Director Kat Llewellyn
- Narrator Sarah Charles
