Dress Code/Uniforms
Read more about school dress codes and uniform policies. Do they improve student achievement or school climate? Are they sexist or racist?
School Dress Code Debates, Explained
What are they, who do they serve, and do they need to be changed?
School Climate & Safety
Opinion
School Uniforms: Leaning Toward the Spartans And Away From the Athenians
I can't help wondering whether it's a good idea to have our president beating the drum for putting uniforms on 45 million kids.
Education
Uniform Policy
Proponents of school-uniform policies got another boost in February, when President Clinton ordered the Department of Education to distribute a manual on the subject to the nation's 15,000 school districts.
Education
Dressed For Success
Linda Moore has been feeling especially proud lately. And she has President Clinton to thank. In his State of the Union Address, Clinton praised student uniforms as a way to promote safety and discipline in public schools. Moore, principal of Will Rogers Middle School in Long Beach, Calif., felt a particular satisfaction in the endorsement.
School Climate & Safety
Department To Issue Guidelines on School Uniforms
Proponents of school-uniform policies got another boost as President Clinton ordered the Department of Education to distribute manuals on the subject to the nation's 15,000 school districts.
School Climate & Safety
Suit Challenging Long Beach Uniform Policy Dropped
The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California last week agreed to drop its lawsuit against a California school district after the district pledged to improve the way its mandatory school-uniform program was being implemented.
School Climate & Safety
Uniforms Get Credit for Decrease in Discipline Problems
In his State of the Union Address last month, Mr. Clinton praised student uniforms as a way to promote safety and discipline in public schools.
Education
Uniform Policy
A Phoenix middle school's mandatory-uniform policy does not violate students' First Amendment rights to free expression, even if the policy does not give students the option of not wearing uniforms, an Arizona state judge has ruled.
Education
Law Update: Judge Upholds Mandatory Uniforms at Phoenix School
A Phoenix middle school's mandatory-uniform policy does not violate students' First Amendment rights to free expression,
even if the policy does not give students the option of not wearing uniforms, an Arizona state judge has ruled.
Education
Dade To Vote on Proposal To Require Uniforms
The Dade County, Fla., school board is scheduled to vote next week on a proposal that would allow schools in the nation's fourth-largest district to require students to wear uniforms.
Education
Districts: Oakland Board Approves Mandatory-Uniform Policy
The Oakland, Calif., school board will require elementary and middle school students to wear uniforms to school, beginning in the fall.
Education
Ill. Bill Clarifies Authority To Institute Dress Codes
Legislation that would give Illinois school districts formal authority to force students to wear uniforms to school has prompted complaints.
Education
Stricter Rules on Student Dress, Decorum Revive Familiar Civil-Liberties Questions
Hanna Murgatroyd, an El Paso, Tex., beautician, got a phone call from her son's school last month, warning that he would be suspended if he did not cut his hair. She told the assistant principal she would take care of it when she got home from work.
Education
Policy on Uniforms Gives Rise to Job Program
The growing popularity of student uniforms in Baltimore public schools has boosted a community project aimed at training out-of-work local residents to make the garments.
Education
Public Schools' Students Sporting a Uniform Look This Fall
Four public elementary schools in Washington and Baltimore opened this fall with a new look that, by all indications, may spread to schools in several other urban systems.