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Originally Posted by Siri
Literacy for 9-12 year olds is no more a gendered topic at a public school than it is at a public library...If this were in the US it'd probably be a legal Title IX violation.
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Originally Posted by gblake
Are you sure about that? If that field isn't your area of expertise, can you cite an authoritative source that confirms your opinion?
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Originally Posted by Siri
I did, Title IX. A public school or library (or any other education program) receiving federal funds in the US cannot exclude people based on gender. This is no more legal in the US than labeling a public school class "boys only literacy" and not offering a girls class.
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Originally Posted by gblake
I was asking if you what you know about literacy for 9-12 year old students extends beyond having a personal opinion.
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You might have been intending to ask that question, but what you actually asked was whether Siri M had a citation for the statement of literacy not being a gendered topic. The point being made was one of law rather than of opinion. (Of course, since Timmins is not a US library, this specific piece of US legal code is not completely relevant.)
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Originally Posted by gblake
You appear to have read more than I have. I know I haven't seen any copies of original documents; and until I do, I can only speculate about many things.
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The "original documents" on the Timmins Public Library web site have been removed, but while they were there you could have seen them by clicking on the link on the first page of this thread. I don't remember whether or not they made clear the status of the program as a reading program. The
TPL June 2015 newsletter is still online, with the "For Boys ONLY!" prominent on page 3. The mention of the session on the first page is admittedly somewhat ambiguous as to whether it's being included as a literacy program along with the others listed in the same paragraph.