School Uniforms

School Uniforms

By :Alyssa Brownlie

What Is a School Uniform?

A school uniform is an outfit worn primarily for school settings. They are common in primary and secondary schools. Uniforms also for the basis of dress code in schools.

Styles of School Uniforms

• School Uniforms are both casual and professional.

• Private schools usually consist of more professional outfits where public schools are using a more casual outlook.

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When were uniforms introduced to schools?

• Parochial and private schools have a long history of using school uniforms to project an atmosphere of uniformity, pride, loyalty, and equality among the student population.

• Public schools have been using uniforms for years, gaining momentum during the late 1980's and increasing steadily throughout the early 1990's.

Controversy of uniforms in Schooland Legislation

• There has been a lot of commotion about dress codes and school uniforms in the United States.

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Pros of School Uniforms

• Cost of clothing• Less harassment/peer pressure for less

privileged children.• Gang related issues• Students Social standing• Students academically succeed

Cons of School Uniforms

• Student’s Individuality• Wasteful after graduation• Discomfort

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Legal Standards

• There have been many court cases relating to school uniforms:

• Newsom v. Albemarle County School Board• Bivens v. Albuquerque Public School

The Impact of students K-12

• School uniforms are not mandatory due many reasons including:

• Self expression• Freedom• Set dress codes are already present

From The Students

• USA WEEKEND Student Survey

Do you think public school officials should have the right to tell students what to wear at school?Yes21%No79%

I think uniforms in public school

are:A good idea17%A bad idea

83%

Which do you think should or should not be banned by school dress codes? Banned

Not banned

Hats 15%85%

Baggy clothes 19%81%

Short skirts 35%65%

Cutoff pants 20%80%

Exposed midriffs 42%58%

Earrings on boys 19%81%

Nose, lip, tongue or eye rings44%56%

Clothes with gang symbols75%25%

Future Directions for School Uniforms

• The controversy of having school uniforms in school is still an educational issue.

• School districts are still allowed to decide what path they want to take when choosing a proper dress code for their students.

• School districts have much to keep in mind when deciding on school uniforms!

References• www.education.com• www.familyeducation.com• Evans, Dennis. "School Uniforms: An ‘Unfashionable’ Dissent." Phi Delta

Kappan Oct. 96: 139-140.• Paliokas, Kathleen L. and others. "Trying Uniforms on for Size." American

School Board Journal v183 n5: 32-35.• http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/speech/studentexpression/topic.as

px?topic=clothing_dress_codes_uniforms

• http://www.usaweekend.com/97_issues/970504/970504teen_survey.html

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