"Just slapping clothes on kids won’t improve a school‚ but uniforms accompanied by other reforms can make a difference. Uniforms send a message and remind students that they are in school. One element of the message is that when you are going to school‚ that is your place of work. That is the place where you are working at getting smart." ~Joe Palumbo. Uniforms cause children to be more civilized and mature in what they are doing. It could lead the kids to a greater future and teach them to be more
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Benefits of School Uniform June 24‚ 2011 Tanya Jackson Introduction My daughter at the age of 5 loved Strawberry Shortcake. When I took her school shopping for kindergarten she was so excited to be able to get new Strawberry Shortcake sneakers. She put them on the first day of school and danced around‚ showing them off. That afternoon she walked into the house crying‚ ripped the shoes off of her feet‚ stomped over to the trash can and threw them in. After much persuasion I discovered that
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THE RELATIONSHIP OF SCHOOL UNIFORMS TO STUDENT ATTENDANCE‚ ACHIEVEMENT‚ AND DISCIPLINE by Russell Edward Sowell Liberty University A Dissertation Presented in Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Education Liberty University February‚ 2012The Relationship of School Uniforms to Student Attendance‚ Achievement and Discipline by Russell Edward Sowell A Dissertation Presented in Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Education Liberty
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Why School Uniforms? School uniforms are widely used in public schools. Despite disagreements among parents‚ students‚ and the school districts‚ school officials cite many reasons for students to wear school uniforms. Those reasons usually include the following: the uniforms are cheaper for parents‚ students wearing the same clothes decreases school fights‚ and students can receive a better education in the secure environment uniforms creates. Some students and parents disagree because wearing
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SCHOOL UNIFORMS Today’s high schools have been turned into a fashion show by students. They wear what they want‚ which distracts them from studying. Teenage students spend most of their time talking about styles rather than focusing on their education. They spend a lot of money every year buying clothes. By requiring school uniforms‚ high schools concentration on studying may be more accurate‚ students may be united in shapes‚ and they may spend less money on clothes every year. School
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School Uniforms If public school students had one thing over private school students‚ that would be the freedom to choose what they wear to school. It could soon be hard to tell the two groups apart with more and more public school going to mandatory uniforms. According to former President Bill Clinton in his 1996 State of the Union Address‚ “If it means that teenagers will stop killing each other over designer jackets‚ then our public schools should be allowed to require the students to wear
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Uniforms in the School Environment: Can Clothing Really Effect Your Education? Going to public schools all my life‚ I heard the gossip of "fashion" and "whose wearing what‚"pretty much everyday; at least in the four years of high school where it seemed that looks mattered the most. As people grow up‚ the way they present themselves becomes more and more important. Leaving a good mark in high school means a lot to some people‚ and some are ready to do whatever it takes to make that mark‚ whether
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Rogers Middle School in California’s Long Beach County School District began discussing the idea of a school-wide uniform policy. That fall‚ Will Rogers became the first school in Long Beach County to have a mandatory uniform policy. Other schools in the district soon followed drawing national attention‚ including a personal visit from then President Clinton. Recent memories of school shootings around the nation caused President Clinton to urge other school districts to move to uniforms in his 1996
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School Uniforms School uniforms are not anything new. The idea of having uniformity in school is appealing to most educators and parents. On the other hand‚ to other students and parents‚ the idea of not being able to express ones’ self is just wrong. I must say‚ personally I agree with the students and parents against school uniforms. Take for example high school. High school is usually a time where young children or teens begin to distinguish themselves from one another. Students begin to
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School Uniforms Don’t you hate it wear. Or worse walking down the hall and everybody is wearing what you are. This year Easley High School is taken up this policy. Pickens County High should never take up this mandatory policy. As high school students we should be able to express ourselves. This idea is supported by senior psychologist Dr. Alan Hilfer. "Clothes are a source of expression for children‚ and as kids get older‚ they become increasingly resentful of uniforms." The freedom
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