Dress Codes

imagine there is a fire or any type of natural disaster, a parent is coming to pick up their child and everyone is wearing the same thing and it might be hard to find their child.

Is because the district won't allow kids to express their self Critics often argue that dealing with the dress code, just the regular everyday dress code ... becomes problematic. However, "We're still kids, and we like expressing ourselves through clothing." For example,"We're still kids, and we like expressing ourselves through clothing." Cole said Virginia suspended 23 young people for showing up at school decked out in a Confederate battle flag T-shirts(Lane, Charles p.a.21). yanked out of her accelerated science class the first week of school. Not for bullying
students. Or disrupting class. Or interrupting the teacher.It was for wearing a short-sleeved pink shirt, which didn't fit the uniform required at the Taps Middle School, where most students are Hispanic or black. Cole also notes,"Why do I have to get pulled out of class because I'm not wearing the colors they want me to have on?" It's discriminating against low-income neighborhoods. It doesn't make sense.(French, Rose p.a.1). who broke the uniform rules were taken to another classroom, and the assistant principal warned her mother that continued violations would bring the in-school suspension, with Sydney taken out of her class. In her, article "Hispanic and black students in Georgia and throughout the U.S. are more often required to wear school uniforms than white students. a lot of times dealing with the dress code, just the regular everyday dress code ... becomes problematic.(Postal, Leslie p.a 1). For the third time in six years, some parents in Clifton are battling a proposal to require elementary school students to wear uniforms, engaging school officials in a debate that has swept through several North Jersey districts in recent years.In sum, Some are more likely in this society to be supported by their schools to express themselves. it is apparent that Some are more likely in this society to be supported by their schools to express themselves. Schools should not force kids to wear uniforms and let the kids express themselves. "It's extremely unfair,"If she were in another school in this district ... her education would have been uninterrupted and she wouldn't risk for the first time in her educational career getting an incident on her discipline record." Uniform violations don't often bring days-long suspensions or expulsions. But students can be pulled out of class for being out of uniform. In Atlanta and Cobb County public schools, about one in five dress code violations, which include uniform infractions, were punished with in-school suspensions. "The (uniform) policy itself is not a racist policy. But it is being implemented in a racist fashion," said David L. At DeKalb County's Towers High School, where most students are black, former principal Ralph Simpson instituted a uniform requirement after polling parents and students --- and a fashion show where students modeled variations on the required khakis, polo, and button-downs." Hispanic and black students in Georgia and throughout the U.S.
are more often required to wear school uniforms than white students. Across the metro Atlanta region, about half of black students and one of every four Hispanic students wears uniforms, while about one of every 20 white students does.(French, Rose p.a. 1) Uniforms "gave us a laser-like focus on what we were there for and that was teaching and learning," he said. The state keeps no data on public school districts that have school uniform policy, but at least nine in Bergen County have or once had some form of a uniform dress code. The policy has been adopted as well in the Passage County cities of Paterson and Passage, and in Woodland Park. "Opponents have voiced concerns about limiting free expression and cite studies that say school uniforms are not effective at raising academic performance or student self-esteem. But some North Jersey school administrators say that their uniform policies have led to improved student discipline and performance and created a
sense of economic equality." He said uniforms also protect younger students, including preschool children, from sometimes offensive clothing worn by older students, DeLisio said. "I really don't think it's something that's relegated to low-socioeconomic or urban areas," he added."An intruder can easily be identified and removed in school or on school grounds before, during or after school hours," because students are in uniform, said Lodi Superintendent Frank Quatrone, by email. "Police and law enforcement officials can immediately identify our children at the scene of an emergency situation." "I wore what I wore today for a reason," Beatrice Rybak-Petrolle, dressed in sweatpants and a pink sweatshirt that read "Mom", said at last week's board meeting. "Uniforms and suits do not make people smarter. Who I am inside is how successful I am."(Martha, Jack p.l. 3) "I don't have any hard evidence, but I think it's helped with discipline and attendance," The policy was introduced to the considerable opposition, Rico said, but over time uniforms gained acceptance and complaints disappeared. "The kids are just used to it now," he said. The group, headed by parents Anne and Kurt gained momentum in the anti-uniform movement six years ago. The group cites studies by a Virginia Tech sociologist, David whose research found that school uniforms fail to improve student behavior, self-esteem or academics, as proponents assert.
"They were all saying the same thing, and that is when they implemented a school uniform policy in their schools, the climate, the culture at their schools improved," Adkins said.
"It's an issue of school safety, helps with school truancy." The House passed the bill 102-8 in March 27, but we were curious about whether requiring students to dress the same really did improve school safety and truancy records. Turns out the research is anything but uniform. One researcher, we spoke with said a big part of uniform policies is the perception that they make schools safer. Janet Sanchez, a research assistant professor at the University of Nevada at Reno, said surveys she gave students at three middle schools showed the kids felt like uniforms curbed violence, although that feeling dropped in the second year students were asked. (Adkins' office directed us to this study as proof of her statement, but said she used a couple of others, as well. "Generally, students do respond honestly to such things - particularly considering that the majority indicated they didn't like wearing uniforms, even though they actually agreed or strongly agreed with their various benefits," she said. "There are conflicting reports on whether a uniform policy can curb violence and truancy."(Gillian, Joshua.p.b. 1). Whether the practice makes students safer or fosters better attendance really comes down to what study you read. Those results could be because the students got used to wearing uniforms. Or it
could be because the initial answers weren't honest, but Sanchez thought that was unlikely. Other experts, we interviewed said there was a kind of "halo effect" in which students and teachers felt things had improved, even if they hadn't.(Gillin, Joshua.p.b. 1) He added it is difficult to measure discipline stats along with uniform implementation because discipline standards might have changed along with the dress code. And some argue school uniforms are an all-around boondoggle. David Brunsma, a sociology professor at Virginia Tech, has studied the issue and wrote a 2004 book called The School Uniform Movement and What It Tells Us About American Education. He added it is difficult to measure discipline stats along with uniform implementation because discipline standards might have changed along with the dress code. "Specifically attendance rates in middle and high schools increased by approximately -1/2 to 1 day per year. There was no impact on elementary attendance," according to Scott Imberman, who worked at the University of Houston research and now teaches economics at Michigan State University. Whether the practice makes students safer or fosters better attendance really comes down to what study you read. In Bergen County, 10 percent of children between the ages of 5 and 17 grow up in poor families, according to U.S. Census Bureau calculations in 2013. All but two of the county's districts with uniform dress codes -- North Arlington and Saddle Brook -- have higher percentages of impoverished youth. Buy school uniforms to outfit their children for an entire year, and enforce the existing dress code.At the conclusion of a long round of contentious debates, the Clifton Board of Education decided to ask its attorney and a subcommittee to review the draft policy, ending any chance it could take effect in 14 elementary schools in September