New report highlights gender equity gap in high school sports

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'As the U.S. Women's World Cup soccer team prepares to take on China in the highly anticipated quarterfinal matchup today, there's renewed attention here at home on just how big the gaps are in high school when it comes to sports teams for girls and boys.
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"When you are talking about a 10 percentage point gap ... the typical school would have to add 91 additional opportunities for girls" to bring the gap to zero, said Neena Chaudhry, the center's senior counsel and director of equal opportunities in athletics.

"We have not seen any schools that have 10 percentage point gaps that are in compliance with Title IX," Chaudhry said, adding that the courts have ruled that gaps as small as 3% are "not good enough."

The women's advocacy organization released its rankings this week on the 43rd anniversary of Title IX.

"I think it just shows how much work schools still have to do in terms of focusing on this issue, prioritizing girls' sports," said Chaudhry, who said it remains an issue not just from kindergarten through 12th grade but also in college and in professional sports, including the Women's World Cup.
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While under federal law, colleges are required to reveal how many women and men are playing on sports teams and how much money is being spent on athletic programs, public high schools are not required to reveal that information. The National Women's Law Center is pushing for a federal bill that would change that, mandating that high schools across the country reveal data for their sports programs both by race and gender.'