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The respondents were to rate the students in the photograph based on their perceptions' of the model's behavior, grade point average, and academic potential. Behling's results are summarized as
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Despite the ability for students to "opt-out," that is students would not have to wear the uniform provided parental consent, less than one percent of students elected to "opt-out" ("Manual"1996). Also contributing to the extensive success of the program, financial assistance was given to those students and families who could not afford to purchase uniforms. In total, over $160,000 was raised through philanthropic donations to help assist low-income families. Many schools also initiated a "hand-me-down" program where graduating students could donate old …show more content…
First, students in elementary and middle schools are more likely to adopt a school uniform policy. Secondly, these students are heavily under the influence of their parents; thus, they have limited choices and autonomy. Third, from a develop mentalist standpoint, students of elementary and middle school ages have yet to begin identity development ( in Eriksonian terms ) and are very limited to their understanding of and interactive role in society. Clothes have yet to fully develop their aesthetic meaning and symbolic representation of the self to these students, thereby contributing to the students' willingness to participate in such a program. Lastly, other internal administrative changes also occurred during the implementation of school uniforms. These internal changes include the installation of school security cameras, the addition of hall monitors and security guards, the augmentation of after school programs, and the stricter enforcement of disciplinary programs. Therefore, the methodology of the study conducted by the Long Beach Unified School District is skewed due to the absence of a sole independent variable, school uniforms. Instead, many variables contributed to the results. As Dick Van Der Laan, a representative of the Long Beach School District explains, "We can not attribute the improvement exclusively to school uniforms" (Manual"
Despite the ability for students to "opt-out," that is students would not have to wear the uniform provided parental consent, less than one percent of students elected to "opt-out" ("Manual"1996). Also contributing to the extensive success of the program, financial assistance was given to those students and families who could not afford to purchase uniforms. In total, over $160,000 was raised through philanthropic donations to help assist low-income families. Many schools also initiated a "hand-me-down" program where graduating students could donate old …show more content…
First, students in elementary and middle schools are more likely to adopt a school uniform policy. Secondly, these students are heavily under the influence of their parents; thus, they have limited choices and autonomy. Third, from a develop mentalist standpoint, students of elementary and middle school ages have yet to begin identity development ( in Eriksonian terms ) and are very limited to their understanding of and interactive role in society. Clothes have yet to fully develop their aesthetic meaning and symbolic representation of the self to these students, thereby contributing to the students' willingness to participate in such a program. Lastly, other internal administrative changes also occurred during the implementation of school uniforms. These internal changes include the installation of school security cameras, the addition of hall monitors and security guards, the augmentation of after school programs, and the stricter enforcement of disciplinary programs. Therefore, the methodology of the study conducted by the Long Beach Unified School District is skewed due to the absence of a sole independent variable, school uniforms. Instead, many variables contributed to the results. As Dick Van Der Laan, a representative of the Long Beach School District explains, "We can not attribute the improvement exclusively to school uniforms" (Manual"