Uniforms

aspect of a school adopting a dress code that requires uniforms, is students will focus more on academics rather than clothing fashions.(1) The reason for uniforms is that it can make them feel professional and that in return it can make them produce a better quality of work.(4) Some schools may simply require that all shirts have collars or every grade wear a certain color.(3) A 2005 study indicates that in some Ohio high schools school uniforms may have improved graduation and attendance…

School uniforms have been a topic all around the world, we have been debating whether to make uniforms mandatory or not. School uniforms just depend on the environment, and school behavior issues. School uniforms can decrease bulling, funds from the parents, some other discipline issues. The truth is there is always going to be issues in the schools no matter approach that we take. Kids will be kids no matter what. We need to show them how to act, Children act out for reasons, or they could just…

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…

that child is bullied and made fun of for something that is out of their control. School uniforms have numerous benefits for both the student body and school administrators. Some of the benefits of implementing uniform requirements are; reduction in violence, closing the economic gap, and returning the focus of the academic environment to academics. There are several people who do not believe that uniforms are the answer to fixing the problems the United States of America faces in its schools,…

criminal data in the United States is a large part of the process in understanding and preventing further crimes in each community and every year the FBI releases an analytical statistics report for crimes committed in the United States, called the Uniform Crime Report (UCR). The UCR program data collection is done by individual agencies, such as police departments where they compile data by arrests and offenses. This system is called the Summary reporting system or SRS and the data collected…

killing each other over designer jackets, then our public schools should be able to require school uniforms"(Woolley). Former President Ronald Reagan said this in 1996 during his presidency. The issue of schools across The United States of America having mandated school uniforms has been on the rise, but the controversy over whether or not uniforms actually accomplish anything is far from over. School uniforms first originated in Baltimore, Maryland at Cherry Hill Elementary School in 1987,…

Requiring School Uniforms Being a little older than the average student it seems that peer pressures were different from what they are now. Friends my age remember going through grade school, junior high school and high school and not having to wear a uniform. In today’s society school age children have tremendous pressures from their peers to fit in and do favorably academically. In order to prepare our children for college and the real world, I believe school uniforms must be required to help…

Advantages and Disadvantages of School Uniforms There aren't any clear records to show when the wearing of school uniforms really started. But this tradition has certainly been around for hundreds of years. In the United States, it was observed that more schools started to implement uniforms after President Bill Clinton pitched for the use of school uniforms in his 1996 State of the Union. The move was met with mixed reactions as some parties saw it as a nuisance and additional problem for…

Every school across the United States, and schools internationally, have a dress code for their students. Although each one varies from the other they have the same basic guidelines; graphic designs, logos, mottoes, phrases, and images may not convey messages that are vulgar, offensive, sexually explicit, affiliated with gangs, or reference things that are illegal such as drugs; undergarments must be covered; spaghetti straps and tank tops are prohibited; dresses and skirts must reach a minimum…

when we hear the phrase “school uniforms”, or in other words “ugly clothes”. These pieces of clothing may not be satisfying but the concept behind them sure do help us in ways we have not thought of. The first recorded history of these “hideous clothing” was back in sixteenth century, where the students in England had to wear “cappa clausa”, a cape-like clothing that was mainly blue since blue fabric was affordable for everyone. The first school to establish uniforms in the United States of…