How legal questions about transgender rules affect schools

Name: How legal questions about transgender rules affect schools
Uploaded: 2016-08-22T23:17:52Z
Duration: P443S
Description: Just in time for the start of school, a federal judge in Texas has blocked the Obama administration's directive regarding transgender bathrooms and locker rooms. That rule said that students should be able to choose the facilities that match their gender identity. William Brangham talks with Education Week’s Evie Blad about how schools are responding.

Clip: 08/22/2016 | 7m 23s

Just in time for the start of school, a federal judge in Texas has blocked the Obama administration's directive regarding transgender bathrooms and locker rooms. That rule said that students should be able to choose the facilities that match their gender identity. William Brangham talks with Education Week’s Evie Blad about how schools are responding.

Aired: 08/22/16

Rating: NR

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