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School Uniforms By :Alyssa Brownlie

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School Uniforms

By :Alyssa Brownlie

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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The Impact of students K-12

• School uniforms are not mandatory due many reasons including:

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

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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%

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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!

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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

• www.flickr.com