Parents are educated and organized to fight for strict enforcement of equal opportunity mandates for student access to quality public education. In-service training for teachers and adminstrators is increased, with sessions centering on implementing equitable practices in the classroom. A bias-free curriculum which accurately reflects the achievements of women and people of color in our society. Affirmative action is implemented at all levels of the school system. This will provide critical role models needed by all students.
Action is taken to increase funding for girls' sports.
A 1994 report by the Chancellor's Task force on Sex Equity showed that boy's sports programs in public schools received nearly twice the funding as girls' programs from 1990 to 1993. If funding for girls' sports increases, it follows that the number of girl athletes and girls' teams will increase. As a graduate of public high schools and colleges, and as president of NOW-NYC, I do not want to see New York City public schools take two giant steps backwards. We must not go back to an era where public schools were routinely segregated along gender lines and, not coincidentally, to a time when sex stereotypes, upheld by public institutions, prevailed in society at large- in schools, the workplace, the popular culture and the political sphere. Simply put, it is our moral responsibility to take this stance.