Dress codes, in today’s society, have been an increasing topic with all of the different fashion trends that have been going around, and whether or not they are all school appropriate. Dress codes in schools should be enforced because it improves most of the students academics, safety, and attitude. Dress codes are proven to increase a students academics. Many schools with strict dress codes, believe that the students who are well-dressed are more likely to perform well in the classroom rather than students and schools that don’t have strict dress codes (Daniels). According to a study, principals have identified the following effect of school uniforms and stricter dress codes and they were that 67 percent saw an improvement in student
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The principals of schools that have uniform policies and stricter dress codes in their school believe that the students stay a lot more disciplined in class and a lot more focused in all of their studies and that the students feel less peer pressure in school (Buggs). According to the study, the principals have also identified the following effects of school uniforms and stricter dress codes were that 79 percent believed that the school uniforms positively affected all of the discipline in the classrooms (Buggs). "Discipline issues have decreased tremendously," she said, "when children look around at each other, they don't see the name brands and clothing that often divides them." (Buggs). According to Don Woodard, a high school principal who is in Johnston County, the students' "demeanor is better and there are fewer disruptions because of teasing, or students being uncomfortable because of the apparel that others are wearing." (Buggs). Schools with uniforms have said that their students all have a lot better self-esteem because, without the name brand clothing on display, all of the students are placed on an equal level to each other in school (Buggs). Also the poorer students in school do not feel inferior to all the other students and are not treated as inferior by the other students because they don't have a lot of nice clothes unlike all of the other students (Buggs). So this avoids …show more content…
However, recent court rulings shown have indicated that the student dress code policies withstand legal challenges as long as they adhere to some basic principles (Buggs). The court had also said that this policy was "viewpoint neutral" and was justified because of its "substantial government interest" in improving a lot of students education (Buggs). Over a lot of the years, U.S schools have been shown to increasing more stricter dress codes for all of the students ("Percentage of US Public Schools Enforcing Strict Dress Codes, 2013–2014 School Year”). As shown throughout this whole essay, dress codes are shown to do and make things for the students a lot better and a lot easier. Some of the schools that do enforce dress codes on the students are better ranked than some of the schools that do not enforce the dress codes on the students in the school. Dress codes are an essential part of our culture--whether they're in the form of strict uniforms or general guidelines for what to wear
The principals of schools that have uniform policies and stricter dress codes in their school believe that the students stay a lot more disciplined in class and a lot more focused in all of their studies and that the students feel less peer pressure in school (Buggs). According to the study, the principals have also identified the following effects of school uniforms and stricter dress codes were that 79 percent believed that the school uniforms positively affected all of the discipline in the classrooms (Buggs). "Discipline issues have decreased tremendously," she said, "when children look around at each other, they don't see the name brands and clothing that often divides them." (Buggs). According to Don Woodard, a high school principal who is in Johnston County, the students' "demeanor is better and there are fewer disruptions because of teasing, or students being uncomfortable because of the apparel that others are wearing." (Buggs). Schools with uniforms have said that their students all have a lot better self-esteem because, without the name brand clothing on display, all of the students are placed on an equal level to each other in school (Buggs). Also the poorer students in school do not feel inferior to all the other students and are not treated as inferior by the other students because they don't have a lot of nice clothes unlike all of the other students (Buggs). So this avoids …show more content…
However, recent court rulings shown have indicated that the student dress code policies withstand legal challenges as long as they adhere to some basic principles (Buggs). The court had also said that this policy was "viewpoint neutral" and was justified because of its "substantial government interest" in improving a lot of students education (Buggs). Over a lot of the years, U.S schools have been shown to increasing more stricter dress codes for all of the students ("Percentage of US Public Schools Enforcing Strict Dress Codes, 2013–2014 School Year”). As shown throughout this whole essay, dress codes are shown to do and make things for the students a lot better and a lot easier. Some of the schools that do enforce dress codes on the students are better ranked than some of the schools that do not enforce the dress codes on the students in the school. Dress codes are an essential part of our culture--whether they're in the form of strict uniforms or general guidelines for what to wear