Do uniforms make schools better? For the past decade‚ schools‚ parents and students have clashed over the issue of regulating student attire. Over the last few years‚ cases involving an anti-Bush T-shirt in Vermont made their way through the courts‚ causing many to wonder whether this debate will ever be resolved. Most researchers’ state that uniforms do not help with academic performance however‚ improvements in attendance rates and graduation rates have been observed. School districts across the
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School Uniforms Should Students in Public Schools Wear Uniforms? Abstract One of the most controversial issues in public school is the school uniforms. In 1996‚ the issue of school uniforms was bought to the forefront in President Clinton State of the Union address. People argue that uniforms can make schools safer and improve attendance and increase student’s achievement. People opposing school uniforms argue that it has not been proven to work with discipline‚ attendance or the student’s
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School Uniforms Ivy Tech Community College By: Andrew Hensley English 111 Professor Mary Marlow In the past few decades’ school has shifted its focus from education to the fashion of the kids. Students are judged upon their shoes or jeans rather than the process of their academics. Uniforms in the public education system is a great idea‚ not only is it cost effective‚ but also it gives the students a chance to concentrate on their studies and not have to worry about what to wear tomorrow because
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Annotated bibliography Boutelle‚ M. (2008). UNIFORMS: Are They a Good Fit?. Education Digest‚ 73(6)‚ 34. “The article discusses the pros and cons of schools adopting mandatory school uniforms for students. The article emphasizes the positive aspect of schools adopting a dress code that requires student uniforms‚ including an increased focus on academics rather than clothing fashions. The author also addresses exceptions to such rules‚ including students who opt out of the dress code‚ as is allowed
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In the past school uniforms were worn predominantly by students in private schools. Recently‚ school uniforms have begun to emerge in public schools. To defend the reasoning behind the uniforms‚ board members of the school districts have conjured many ridiculous claims. One is that students will cut down on teasing and bullying about clothing. Another point is that uniforms will save money on clothes. One more claim is that schools will be safer from outsiders and that uniforms will improve
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A group of small boys and girls all warring the same colored uniforms assembled in front of a catholic school is what I imagine when thinking about school uniforms. This is probably what most people imagine. They have been attached to students of European and private schools. Such pictures of students dressing in school uniforms have led to stereotyping and a negative attitude towards schools enforcing a uniform policy. Displayed as robots without the ability to express them selves in a society that
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Wearing uniforms to school will be the best decision you could ever make as a parent for your child. There have been debates on why students should or shouldn’t wear uniforms. I have been a student that was assaulted because of jealousy of the fact that I wore the latest fashion. I feel that this could have been avoided if it was mandatory for student to wear uniforms. This is a very important topic to be exercised or discussed because our children can be affected by a decision that we as parents
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School Uniforms If public school students had one thing over private school students‚ that would be the freedom to choose what they wear to school. It could soon be hard to tell the two groups apart with more and more public school going to mandatory uniforms. According to former President Bill Clinton in his 1996 State of the Union Address‚ “If it means that teenagers will stop killing each other over designer jackets‚ then our public schools should be allowed to require the students to wear
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School uniforms should not be an option in public schools as they do not allow students to be themselves. Two public high schools in East Tennessee‚ one with and one without a school uniform policy‚ were compared. The results of the study showed that a school uniform policy had a positive significant effect on improving the graduation rate of a rural school in East Tennessee when compared to a school of similar demographics.(Hayden‚ Erik) However there was no significant effect on student attendance
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School Uniforms Have and Have Not’s Kaplan University School Uniforms Have and Have Not’s Wearing of uniforms should be made mandatory in all schools not just public schools. Statistics show that schools who have the uniform policy‚ students grades improved‚ the male students aren’t as distracted by what the females students are (or aren’t) wearing‚ and students feel a sense of equality with one another. When students dress properly and follow guidelines this teaches them how to follow
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