In celebration of the fortieth anniversary of Title IX, the Sharp Center has released a report about High School Athletic Opportunity in the United States, by Gender . Here are some key findings:

• Boys received a larger proportion of athletic participation opportunities than girls did for each school year in all communities (i.e., urban, suburban, town, and rural). The lowest percentages of athletic participation opportunities occurred in urban schools, whereas the highest percentages were issued in rural schools.
• Schools with greater economic resources provided more athletic participation opportunities for their students-both girls and boys-than their less fiscally sound counterparts.
• Girls were provided proportionately fewer athletic participation opportunities than boys during each school year and in all geographic regions (i.e., Northeast, Midwest, South and West.