Is because the district won't allow kids to express their self Critics often argue that dealing with the dress code, just the regular everyday dress code ... becomes problematic. However, "We're still kids, and we like expressing ourselves through clothing." For example,"We're still kids, and we like expressing ourselves through clothing." Cole said Virginia suspended 23 young people for showing up at school decked out in a Confederate battle flag T-shirts(Lane, Charles p.a.21). yanked out of her accelerated science class the first week of school. Not for bullying …show more content…
are more often required to wear school uniforms than white students. Across the metro Atlanta region, about half of black students and one of every four Hispanic students wears uniforms, while about one of every 20 white students does.(French, Rose p.a. 1) Uniforms "gave us a laser-like focus on what we were there for and that was teaching and learning," he said. The state keeps no data on public school districts that have school uniform policy, but at least nine in Bergen County have or once had some form of a uniform dress code. The policy has been adopted as well in the Passage County cities of Paterson and Passage, and in Woodland Park. "Opponents have voiced concerns about limiting free expression and cite studies that say school uniforms are not effective at raising academic performance or student self-esteem. But some North Jersey school administrators say that their uniform policies have led to improved student discipline and performance and created a …show more content…
"It's an issue of school safety, helps with school truancy." The House passed the bill 102-8 in March 27, but we were curious about whether requiring students to dress the same really did improve school safety and truancy records. Turns out the research is anything but uniform. One researcher, we spoke with said a big part of uniform policies is the perception that they make schools safer. Janet Sanchez, a research assistant professor at the University of Nevada at Reno, said surveys she gave students at three middle schools showed the kids felt like uniforms curbed violence, although that feeling dropped in the second year students were asked. (Adkins' office directed us to this study as proof of her statement, but said she used a couple of others, as well. "Generally, students do respond honestly to such things - particularly considering that the majority indicated they didn't like wearing uniforms, even though they actually agreed or strongly agreed with their various benefits," she said. "There are conflicting reports on whether a uniform policy can curb violence and truancy."(Gillian, Joshua.p.b. 1). Whether the practice makes students safer or fosters better attendance really comes down to what study you read. Those results could be because the students got used to wearing uniforms. Or it