New Book, Getting in the Game: Title IX and the Women’s Sports Revolution, Can Educate Many about Title IX

By Ellen J. Staurowsky, Ed.D.   Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 has been described as one of the greatest achievements of the women’s movement (Winslow, 2010). Credited with addressing mass levels of discrimination in U.S. schools based on sex-based stereotypes that limited the prospects of both female and male students, Title IX has reshaped the contours of educational systems receiving federal financial assistance since its passage.   As a measure of Title IX’s infl