Due to the government shutdown, the U.S. Department of Education extended its original Jan. 28 deadline for educators to submit comments on its proposed new rules on sexual harassment and assault. O’Neill Professor of American Politics R. Shep Melnick, author of the book The Transformation of Title IX: Regulating Gender Equality in Education, writes on the topic for Education Next and the Brookings Institute. | Read more about Melnick’s book in this BC Bookmarks post from 2018.