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School Uniforms: The Answer to Help Improve Safety and Create a Better Learning Environment for Public Schools in America
Danielle Grider
Ivy Tech Community College
ENG111-15H-H1
April 15, 2012
Wendy Kruger
School Uniforms: The Answer to Help Improve Safety and Create a Better Learning Environment for Public Schools in America Public schools across America are searching for ways to improve safety, the sense of equality and to also help parents save money. One way to improve all these issues would be to adopt a school uniform policy. The adoption of the uniform policies will help improve public schools in America. School uniforms are defined as a set of standardized clothes worn primarily for an educational institute, usually in a primary or secondary school system. Male uniforms usually consist of dark short or long pants, and a light-colored shirt, and in some schools, ties must be worn. Female uniforms usually vary, but mainly consist of a dress or blouse worn either with a skirt or pants. This type of uniforms seems to be pretty strict and unfair to the students but the actual uniforms worn at most public schools consist of a polo shirt with pants, shorts, or skirts. In 1987, Cherry Hill Elementary School in Baltimore, Maryland, became the first school to adopt a uniform policy (Education Bug, 2010). After this school district successfully implemented a uniform policy, there was a dramatic increase in the use of school uniforms in the United States, which was inspired by former President Bill Clinton. President Clinton proposed a challenge to all of our schools to teach character education, along with good values and good citizenship. If it means that our teenagers will stop killing each other over designer labels, then schools should require students to wear a uniform everyday to school (Brunsma, 2006). His speech was just the beginning of the very controversial uniform debate, and people on both sides of the arguments have tried hard to make sure
Danielle Grider
Ivy Tech Community College
ENG111-15H-H1
April 15, 2012
Wendy Kruger
School Uniforms: The Answer to Help Improve Safety and Create a Better Learning Environment for Public Schools in America Public schools across America are searching for ways to improve safety, the sense of equality and to also help parents save money. One way to improve all these issues would be to adopt a school uniform policy. The adoption of the uniform policies will help improve public schools in America. School uniforms are defined as a set of standardized clothes worn primarily for an educational institute, usually in a primary or secondary school system. Male uniforms usually consist of dark short or long pants, and a light-colored shirt, and in some schools, ties must be worn. Female uniforms usually vary, but mainly consist of a dress or blouse worn either with a skirt or pants. This type of uniforms seems to be pretty strict and unfair to the students but the actual uniforms worn at most public schools consist of a polo shirt with pants, shorts, or skirts. In 1987, Cherry Hill Elementary School in Baltimore, Maryland, became the first school to adopt a uniform policy (Education Bug, 2010). After this school district successfully implemented a uniform policy, there was a dramatic increase in the use of school uniforms in the United States, which was inspired by former President Bill Clinton. President Clinton proposed a challenge to all of our schools to teach character education, along with good values and good citizenship. If it means that our teenagers will stop killing each other over designer labels, then schools should require students to wear a uniform everyday to school (Brunsma, 2006). His speech was just the beginning of the very controversial uniform debate, and people on both sides of the arguments have tried hard to make sure
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