WASHINGTON–The White House has quietly shot down an attempt by two senior officials, one a confidante of the president himself, to expand so-called gender parity beyond college athletics to courses in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology.
A proposal to apply so-called Title IX gender-equality to selection of courses and possibly even major subjects was discussed at a White House conference on June 23. It was endorsed by Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President, and Ms. Russlynn Ali, Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights.
While that conference…
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