Academic dress

Smarter students, friendlier school environments, students who go to school eager to learn and much more is the issue concerning school uniforms. Many aspects go into the decision to enforce dress code at a school. More schools with uniforms could take this generation to greater heights. Although most of the research is inconclusive, school uniforms affect student learning. Enforced uniforms allow school employees to focus on what the students wear. Mason stated, "too many conversations with…

school every day and not be able to express yourself by your choices of clothing? Lately, more and more schools are implementing a uniform as a part of their dress code. School dress code policies threaten a student’s individuality and their freedom of expression, but it has been known to have a positive influence on student’s behavior and academic performance. Many people believe that wearing uniforms to school is threatening a student’s individuality. “Something about uniforms makes me…

About 54% of schools in the United States have an enforced dress code that gives out restrictions on what students can wear, but many schools have thought about creating a stricter dress code so that their students would have to dress more professionally. By doing so, they believe that their students will improve in academics and that they will pay more attention in class, but having a strict dress codes will end up causing a lot more problems, and it will take away the individuality of students…

Several years ago in the United States of America, uniforms were symbolic for a higher socioeconomic status in the private sector of education. Today many public school systems across America have eliminated a dress code and are implementing uniform policies. One in five elementary schools in the United States now requires uniforms, according to The National Center for Education Statistics (“Should Schools Require Uniforms?” 7). On the contrary there has been numerous debates over whether…

What bad or good can dress codes in schools really be? I’m sure most people agree that schools is one of the most important things in life. What happens when schools want to put their rules a little over the board? For twelve years all I knew about schools was about dress code and uniforms and I always asked myself if dress codes can really change a student. Public schools should not have a dress code because it does not decrease attendance, affect academic results, or cause a major distraction.…

School Attire Many public schools and charter schools are requiring students to wear uniforms. As if the students ' attire affect and improve their performance in school academics. Instead, the various school attire policies are affecting the students’ academic performance because they are being sent home due to their lack of proper school regulated attire. They do not have the correct belt, the correct shirt, or even the correct pants. The student are sent to, ISS, In School Suspension, if…

day of school due to the fact that they wear neon colored shoes (Takepart.com). Is that what the world has come to? Do you want to help give equality to both boy and girls? The school dress code not only sexulizes women it also hurts their self-esteem, which causes them problems later n in their life. Also the dress code can be considered very sexist due to the fact that it does not punish boys the same way it does to girls. The parents of the students believe that it is their job to tell their…

Pajama's are comfortable and should be able to be worn. It's not a distraction, they are just clothes. A lot of people get distracted easily and the school is just blaming it on what people wear. Also, girls can wear shirts that go down to the middle of their chests and not have anything said to them about it. When a girl has a little bit of their stomach exposed they are sent home to change or just yelled at. I know because this happened to me. That's just not right at all. The things that…

ourself in society today. In college, we have our own free will to dress in anyway but it does cause situations that may cause a person to stare, and laugh at you. This will later conclude to a very heated argument or fight. In a professor 's presence, it 's good to make a good first impression. However, there is a difference between dressing appropriately in front of a male professor. There have been many issue in which female students dress inappropriately and it will cause the male professor…

Dress Code is one of the biggest issues that public schools face. There are two opposing sides for the issue. One side sees that having a Dress Code for the school is very helpful for the students, not only academically but to help keep the students equal. The other side of the issue sees Dress Code as a way for student not being able to show free speech. Female students feel they are being categorized as a distraction because of what they wear. It should be noted that Dress Codes and School…