Sr Staff Attorney @ ACLU Women's Rights Project (views expressed are my own). Advocate for gender & race equality in education & employment & civil rights.
Jun 15, 2022 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
The significance of the Fourth Circuit’s ruling in the Peltier v. CDS dress code case should not be underestimated. This is a landmark decision on state action, Title IX, & sex stereotypes. A thread with some key takeaways. 1/
Charter schools in NC are state actors in setting dress codes: NC has a constitutional obligation to provide free, public education. It created & designated charters as public schools performing the traditionally exclusive government function of operating state public schools.
Jul 8, 2020 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
We’ve just filed a brief in a federal court of appeals in our challenge to a North Carolina public charter school’s discriminatory dress code requiring girls to wear skirts to school. The school justified the rule as promoting “chivalry” & “mutual respect between boys and girls.”
The school's founder defines “chivalry” as the notion that girls are “fragile vessels” needing boys’ protection & care. The Skirts Requirement aims to teach students, starting in Kindergarten, that boys & girls are different, & that girls should be treated more gently than boys.
Nov 9, 2018 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
THREAD: My tweet about our suit challenging a school dress code requiring girls to wear skirts has generated lots of feelings--mainly incredulity that this can still be happening today. Here's further info about the case & our clients' fight to be treated equally at school: (1/)
The school, a public charter school, has justified the skirts requirement as promoting “chivalry”--the email from the founder explaining this justification is exhibit B to the complaint. aclu.org/legal-document…
