The concern of dress code at public and private schools is questioning government as schools. (“What’s Fair and Unfair about School Dress Codes”). The first school dress code law was established in 1969 by the U.S. Supreme Court. The case, known as “Tinker vs. Des Moines Independent School District”, involved several high school students who wore black armbands to school in a planned protest against the Vietnam War. In a far-reaching decision, the Court essentially decided that schools may limit student expression (such as enforcing dress codes) if there is a legitimate concern that such expression will be disruptive to the learning environment or violate the rights of others.
The concern of dress code at public and private schools is questioning government as schools. Other questions that have been asked by schools are, why do young ladies have more rules than the young men in schools, and is it fair to have dress codes at public schools because of the first amendment.
There has been many incidents where a child in public school has gotten “dress coded” for wearing the piece of clothing they feel …show more content…
CLothing like leggings or to short of shorts. A recent controversy erupted after an Illinois middle school told some girls to stop wearing leggings because they were too “distracting” for their male peers. The debate of "are leggings pants?" has been going on for years and it's one that often comes with a lot of judgement towards the practitioner. Leggings are frequently thought to be sloppy, an easy way out of putting effort into how you look. On a ridiculous, misinformed and backwards level, they're also associated with a certain "asking for it"