School Dress Codes and Uniform Policies.
Anderson, Wendell
Policy Report, n4 Fall 2002
Opinions abound on what students should wear to class.
Some see student dress as a safety issue; others see it as a
student-rights issue. The issue of dress codes and uniform
policies has been tackled in the classroom, the boardroom,
and the courtroom. This Policy Report examines the whole
fabric of the debate on dress codes and uniform policies
through a collection of short reports; policy
recommendations; and opinions by administrators, teachers,
students, and civil libertarians. Topics of reports include
background and history of dress codes and uniform policies
in the United States, focusing on the past 15 years;
arguments for and arguments against dress codes and
uniforms; anecdotes from schools that have implemented
dress codes or uniform policies; a recap of research findings
on the effects of dress codes and uniform policies; a roundup
of legal actions and important court decisions regarding
dress codes and uniform policies; and a state-by-state listing
of policies on student dress. Guidelines for developing,
implementing, and enforcing school dress codes and schooluniform policies are offered from a variety of sources. Also
included in the report are a sample dress code and 51
references. (WFA)
This site is about tackling the school dress code.
They say nothing about boys wearing tank tops, but girls
can't wear tank tops and short shorts. The girls can only wear
whole fabric cloths meaning they can wear anything with
holes in it.
Teacher Dress Codes in Employee Handbooks: An Analysis
Workman, Jane E.; Freeburg, Beth Winfrey
Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, v102 n3 p9-15 2010
This study used role theory to analyze dress codes for
teachers to discern what dress items expressed role
embracement and role distance. Inductive content analysis
of teacher dress codes in 103 U.S. K-12 school handbooks
revealed three categories of dress: (a) conventional dress
(mentioned in 97.1% of the dress codes); (b) casual dress
(mentioned in 45.6%); and (c) immodest dress (mentioned
in 36.9%). Considering prescribed and proscribed items in
the dress codes, conventional dress (appropriate
professional dress) expressed role embracement and
casual and immodest dress (inappropriate and/or
unprofessional dress) reflected role distance. FCS teachers
can demonstrate role embracement by choosing
appropriate dress for their profession--teaching--and for
their workplace--the school. (Contains 3 tables.)
This site is saying that all the kids should wear all
appropriate clothing such as clothes without holes no
lingerie no tank tops and not short shorts.
School Dress Codes and Uniform Policies.
Anderson, Wendell
Policy Report, n4 Fall 2002
Opinions abound on what students should wear to class.
Some see student dress as a safety issue; others see it as a
student-rights issue. The issue of dress codes and uniform
policies has been tackled in the classroom, the boardroom,
and the courtroom. This Policy Report examines the whole
fabric of the debate on dress codes and uniform policies
through a collection of short reports; policy
recommendations; and opinions by administrators,
teachers, students, and civil libertarians. Topics of reports
include background and history of dress codes and uniform
policies in the United States, focusing on the past 15 years;
arguments for and arguments against dress codes and
uniforms; anecdotes from schools that have implemented
dress codes or uniform policies; a recap of research findings
on the effects of dress codes and uniform policies; a
roundup of legal actions and important court decisions
regarding dress codes and uniform policies; and a state-bystate listing of policies on student dress. Guidelines for
developing, implementing, and enforcing school dress
codes and school-uniform policies are offered from a variety
of sources. Also included in the report are a sample dress
code and 51 references. (WFA)
This website was about making kids in school have
to wear certain attire so everybody will have the same cloths
on. This would make school dress code better because
people would have the same cloths on, but there will be kids
that don't like it and will not wear the cloths they are
supposed to.
Student Dress Codes and Uniforms. Research Brief
Johnston, Howard
Education Partnerships, Inc.
According to an Education Commission of the State's
"Policy Report", research on the effects of dress code and
school uniform policies is inconclusive and mixed. Some
researchers find positive effects; others claim no effects or
only perceived effects. While no state has legislatively
mandated the wearing of school uniforms, 28 states and the
District of Columbia have enacted laws addressing school
attire. (ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management,
Fall 2002). Recent challenges have focused on the chilling
effect that dress codes have on free speech (e.g., the
expression or religious or political ideas) or the burdens that
new dress requirements, particularly uniforms, place on
poor parents who cannot afford to bring their children into
compliance. Also, some parents and legal authorities claim
that when students either are sent home or placed in
isolation because of dress code violations, it has a negative
effect on their educational opportunity and ultimate
performance. (Contains 6 resources.)
This site says that the way kids dress is like a way of
speech so they have the right to wear what they want
because its considered a freedom of speech.
Civil Behavior, Safe-School Planning, and Dress Codes
Studak, Cathryn M.; Workman, Jane E.
Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, v99 n3 p23-28 2007
This research examined news reports in order to identify
incidents that precipitated dress code revisions. News
reports were examined within the framework of rules for civil
behavior. Using key words "school dress codes" and
"violence," LEXIS/NEXIS was used to access 104 articles
from 44 U.S. newspapers from December 3, 2004 to
December 2, 2005. Seven types of incidents were identified
and then each type was classified as either a proactive or
reactive reason with regard to dress code revision. One
reason was proactive; the other six were reactive."Current
fashion trends" was the single dominant (reactive) reason
(30%) for dress code revisions, but there were a number of
incidents related to school terrorism (45%). Family and
consumer sciences (FCS) teachers can help students learn
civil behavior by including learning activities that promote
civil behavior, by purposefully creating a classroom culture
that emphasizes civil behavior, and by serving as role
models. (Contains 2 tables.)
This site shows that as time goes on kids tend to
wear more clothes that break the school dress code. Which
means that schools will be cracking down on the dress
code.
What Not to Wear
Taylor, Kelly R.
Principal Leadership, v9 n6 p62-64 Feb 2009
This article discusses some basic principles that can guide
principals' decisions on when and how to regulate student
dress. Like many school issues, implementing a dress code
or uniform policy involves both the constitutional rights of
students and the responsibilities of school officials. As a
result, with dress codes and many other concerns, school
leaders must strike a positive balance between free
expression on the one hand and maintaining an orderly and
effective school environment on the other.
This article is about the basic principles of the dress
code, and why schools should have the dress code.
Quantitative Analysis of Standardized Dress Code and Minority
Academic Achievement
Proctor, J. R.
ProQuest LLC, Ed.D. Dissertation, Stephen F. Austin State University
This study was designed to investigate if a statistically
significant variance exists in African American and Hispanic
students' attendance and Texas Assessment of Knowledge
and Skills test scores in mathematics before and after the
implementation of a standardized dress code. For almost
two decades supporters and opponents of public school
uniforms have debated their effectiveness by conducting
studies that measure school administrator, teacher, and
parent perceptions; however, only a small number of these
studies have focused on student achievement after the
implementation process of standardized dress. The purpose
of this study was to help broaden the data on the
effectiveness of standardized dress codes by focusing on a
racially diverse sample of students and their attendance and
achievement scores. Previous studies have focused on
outcomes such as school safety, staff perceptions of student
behavior, and student satisfaction toward the wearing of
standardized dress. Data were evaluated by using the
Statistical Analysis System (SAS) software, version 9.3, to
run parametric two-sample t-tests and a non-parametric
Wilcoxon Rank-Sum test. The results of this study suggest
the careful consideration of standardized dress code
initiatives by school officials, and data should help
administrators, school boards, and communities consider
the potential implementation of a standardized dress code in
a public school district. [The dissertation citations contained
here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC.
Further reproduction is prohibited without permission.
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This site shows how test scores can go up or down
depending on which clothing the student is wearing.
Something revealing showed worse scores on tests.
