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  2. Women in chess - Wikipedia

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    With respect to gender, chess tournaments can be classified as either open or women's tournaments. [a] Women can choose to compete in either open or women's tournaments. In practice, most if not all female players play a mix of both. The fraction of participants who are women can vary considerably depending on the type of tournament.

  3. Sex differences in education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Firstly, people are more likely to find a job through same-gender contacts (about 65%), most of which are found through social functions that are already segregated by sex. Gender norms influence this networking process as well. Certain jobs are commonly perceived as only being fit for one gender.

  4. Sex segregation - Wikipedia

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    In pre-school classrooms, for example, making gender more salient to children has been shown to lead to stronger gender stereotypes and inter-group biases between sex groups. These evident tendencies were also manifested in decreased playtime with children of the opposite sex, or a kind of early, selective sex segregation based on preconceived ...

  5. Gender identity under Title IX - Wikipedia

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    On May 13, 2016, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and DOE issued joint guidance to educational institutions on the scope of Title IX, in the form of a Dear Colleague letter and an accompanying compendium of actual policies and practices, which had previously been enacted by state agencies and school districts throughout the U.S. [14] [15] [16 ...

  6. School segregation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 1960, U.S. marshals were needed to escort Ruby Bridges to and from school in New Orleans, Louisiana, as she broke the State of Louisiana's segregation rules. School segregation in the United States was the segregation of students in educational facilities based on their race and ethnicity. While not prohibited from having or attending ...

  7. Books on race, gender pulled from schools amid conservative ...

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    Last month, a school district in the San Antonio, Texas, area pulled more than 400 books from its shelves to review them, “out of an abundance” of caution after a Republican state legislator ...

  8. Sex differences in education - Wikipedia

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    The study found that in blind tests, males and females scored basically equivalent, while in non-blind teacher testing, there was a substantial bias toward girls. In middle school, the gender bias of teachers toward males accounts for 6% of the math achievement gap between boys and girls.

  9. Board member sues Mesa Public Schools over gender rules

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    Nov. 27—In what could be a blow to school board collegiality, Mesa Public Schools Governing Board member Rachel Walden is suing the district and Superintendent Andi Fourlis over MPS' transgender ...