High School Technical Education Programs Still Segregated
High school career and technical education programs haven't progressed much since the days when girls were required to take home economics and boys were required to enroll in shop class, according to a report by the National Women's Law Center.
The report, “Tools of the Trade,” examined girls' participation in career and technical education programs that are nontraditional for their gender. In spite of the Title IX law that prohibits sex discrimination in education, girls still represent the majority of students in traditionally female fields and boys are nearly all of the students in traditionally male programs, a pattern that is unchanged after three decades since Title IX was passed, the report stated.