Should Public Schools Be Allowed To Wear Uniforms Research Paper

The debate about whether or not American public schools should institute uniforms, has been going on for many years now. Supporters of school uniforms state that the wearing of uniforms would bring positive disciplinary aspects, normally ascribed to private schools, to public schools. Although this may be correct, I have to disagree with this group and support those who believe that school uniforms go against our constitutional rights and other reasons why students should not be required to wear uniforms. There may be positive aspects to students wearing a uniform, however, it should be up to the students to be able to choose what they want to wear. This being said, I do not think that public schools should enforce the rule that students have to wear school uniforms.
A main positive that public schools experience when wearing uniforms is the competitiveness between students. Source B depicts two pie charts that show the difference between grade levels, and how much less the competition was between the students when there was school uniforms. In the first chart, which shows the grades kindergarten through fifth grade, forty-three percent of the kids were less competitive while …show more content…
The evidence states that “the rates of in­school suspension were decreasing prior to the instituting of uniform requirements — declining from 40 percent two years prior, to 30 percent the year just before school uniform requirements were implemented. By the second year after the school uniform requirements, however, the average percentage of students receiving in­school suspensions skyrocketed to 49 percent.” It also proves that “the average rate of out­of­school suspensions, which were fluctuating around 30 percent before school uniform rules. One year after, however, the average jumps to 40 percent, and 43 percent the year after