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The School Uniform Movement and What It Tells Us about American Education: A Symbolic Crusade

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  • Paperback: 302 pages
  • Publisher: R&L Education (June 25, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 157886125X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1578861255
  • Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 0.9 x 8.9 inches
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5.0 out of 5 starsUniform Dress Codes
By Lawrence R. Maxted on December 8, 2005
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This book was written to summarize the literature and to present the author's national study of school uniform and strict dress code data. His review of over 100 articles and research studies appears to be the most recent and comprehensive available.

Brunsma says the history of school uniforms runs counter to the current uniform movement in America. Uniforms were originally employed to show differences in social status not break down barriers. Similarly, he says the movement to regulating dress appears to be counter to that of the preceding generation. During the 1960s, many schools had to relax rules to cope with student protests over dress and hairstyles. Changes at that time included women winning the right in most schools to wear pants and men to have long hair.

The origin of the current school uniform movement came in the late 1980s and early 1990s with experiments by various local public schools especially in the Baltimore-Washington area. A district-wide uniform policy adopted by the Long Beach schools in 1994 spurred President Clinton in 1996, then seeking reelection, to promote uniforms as one of his educational reforms in the campaign. Uniform makers such as Landsend provided additional support. Clinton was more successful getting the educational establishment to look at uniform policies than he was with his other major initiative of school choice.

Most of the pro-uniform arguments early on were based on anecdotes and opinions. Articles were written about how uniforms or dress codes would improve schooling without any data-driven studies.

Many early studies were done based on the perception of school uniforms.Read more ›
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