Zack Helton
English IV
Rhonda Hill
27 October 2017
School Uniforms: Out of Style School uniforms have been around for decades within many private and parochial schools. In recent years more and more public schools are implementing their own uniforms hoping to see a change for the good within their schools. Upon researching the effects of these uniforms, it is clear to see that school uniforms are unnecessary concepts that decrease student individuality and do not actually help school attendance or test scores. Prior to taking a strong stance on this controversial topic, it is crucial to understand the background of this concept. According to Pro-Con.org, “The first recorded use of standardized dress in education may have been in England in 1222, when the Archbishop of Canterbury mandated that students wear a robe-like outfit called the ‘cappa clausa.’”(Pro-Con.org). It’s not until the 16th century England that the modern educational uniform comes about. As years passed, school uniforms began being associated with upper class schools. In the United States, school uniforms followed the English uniform norms and tended to be implemented only within private and parochial schools. In 1987, the first public schools to adopt a school uniform were in Maryland and Washington, DC. As more public schools began to take in their own school uniforms, many different legal cases involving this movement began to arise. With cases ruling both for and against the uniforms, people
The topic of whether or not school uniforms should be allowed has always been highly debated. The reason why it is such a hot topic is because it pertains to a student’s individuality and the possible benefits they may bring. This is something that has sparked a bit of friction in the education world. Hours and hours of research have been poured into this subject in order to find a definitive answer. If the research has proved anything, it is that school uniforms are ineffective and they restrict self-expression. Contrary to popular belief, school uniforms do not provide the benefits that many claim they do. School uniforms simply don’t work in the real world.
Since the late 1990's many public schools across the nation have opted to implement a stronger dress code policy which have involved the addition to a specific mandated uniform policy. While some critics of mandatory uniform policies believe that there is no justification for change, school uniforms offer educational benefits, improve student behavior, social interaction, and are more cost effective and durable than traditional street clothes.
Uniform doesn’t allow self expression, which makes it harder to enforce in public schools. Uniforms are harder to enforce in public schools because it’s also too expensive to pay for. “Most public schools with uniform policies are in poor neighborhoods” This means that the people in these neighborhoods couldn’t afford to buy their kids the uniform and their school supplies at the beginning of the school year. They are used to wearing what they want to wear or what they find in their closets. “According to the Miami-Dade County Public Schools Office of Education Evaluation and Management, fights in middle schools nearly doubled within one year of introducing mandatory uniforms.” It leads to more trouble because they most likely don’t like to wear that kind of clothing.
etting bullied, losing identities, and getting poor grades, are all the things school uniforms could cause. Some schools demand that students have to wear uniforms. The students don’t like to wear them. That is why we have to make a stand today! If there were school uniforms everywhere students would not be able to express their self, it would not change any academics, and they could attract an unpleasant name to the school.
Though the simplicity of school uniforms limit self-expression, they increase the overall quality of a student’s education. More schools, both public and private, are adopting uniforms in order to reduce crime and decrease the amount of distractions in the learning environment. Uniforms can oftentimes be costly and eliminate the amount of leeway students have when it comes to personalizing their appearance. However, uniforms better the school experience for a majority of students who wear them.
The idea of uniforms being required for public school students has been a widely controversial topic in the recent past. In the 2003-2004 school year, only one in eight public schools required students to wear uniforms (ProConorg Headlines). In the 2013-2014 school year, one in five public schools required students to wear uniforms (ProConorg Headlines). This essay will discuss the reasons that uniforms restrict the individuality of students, burdens families that cannot afford two sets of clothes for each of their children (Farrell), and serve little to none purpose in benefitting the education of students. Uniforms are meant for the workforce, not school children.
The discussion regarding the purpose of schools uniforms among parents and school administrators have increased in the last few years. The debate on whether school uniforms affect students’ performance have challenged also. School uniforms are often seen as unstylish and unattractive due to lack of design and color scheme. The use of school uniforms are used to aid students’ behavior, performance, and attendance. It provides an opportunity of growth in a student’s physical, social, and moral development. In addition, the long term effects have a profound influence on their actions, emotions, and well
“If it means that the schoolrooms will be more orderly, more disciplined,” President Clinton said, “and that our young people will learn to evaluate themselves by what they are on the inside instead of what they’re wearing on the outside, then our public schools should be able to require their students to wear school uniforms.” President Clinton is referring to the outfits or sets of standardized clothes that are worn primarily for an educational institution, usually in primary and secondary schools in various countries. When used, they form the basis of a school’s dress code, which is a set of rules, usually written and posted specifying the required manner of dress at a school. It began when schools had issues with grades and behavioral problems, but they didn’t want uniforms because it infringed upon individuality. The commotion began when the uniform movement began nearly four years ago when Long Beach, California became the nation’s first public school district to require elementary and middle school students to wear uniforms. Since then, public schools from east to west have debated whether they’re beneficial or not, which has caused the controversy to heat up significantly. Even though requiring uniforms in public schools have been controversial throughout history, it continues to be an area of debate for school communities because research shows that uniform policies do provide benefits to schools, but there are also disadvantages that create unfavorable conditions
Requiring uniforms should not be a necessity for our schools. Standardized dress has been around for centuries, but not until the introduction of the policy had led to great expansion of the usage in the United States. As uniforms began to spread all across America, discussions about supporting or denying the policy arose. Some argue that that uniforms help shape our kids to achieve greater achievements, others that it does not take part of being a beneficial attribute to school. If people really want to provide our students a positive learning environment, instructing uniforms is not the right method to
In this essay, you will see how they stifle creativity, promote conformity over individuality, and how they do not make any actual improvements to test scores and attendance. To begin, school uniforms have been shown to restrict freedom in the way students express themselves. This is especially bad in the case of younger students. Children from ages 4 to even 18 should be able to freely express themselves
In conclusion, it is time for schools to put an end to uniforms, as the negative effects of uniforms heavily outweigh the positive effects. Uniforms are extremely detrimental to adult development, costly, and it lowers students
According to Anthony Carboni from D-News about 23% of all schools require uniforms.The long Beach study performed in 1995 had a lowered overall crime rate of 90%. Recent and different studies tend to differ.according to scholastic 81% of all american students do not want uniforms. By disliking these uniforms when they are in these uniforms there moral is dropped also accordingly dropping their self esteem. If you are unhappy with what you are wearing you're going to be reminding yourself of it all day. One study conducted by the University of Notre Dame’s Department of Sociology with a more recent study in 1998 contradicts from the Long Beach Study.
The kid who have to wear uniforms for school does not effect the way ids learn in school. Uniforms are a distraction because the teachers spend time checking for a mistake a child made against the dress code. School uniforms are don’t help and should be taken away. National Studies on the effectivness of the school uniform policies say they don’t help(David L. Brunsma). Another national study went on sampling 10th graders and found that uniforms did not affect how kids learn, behavioral problems or substance use on campus. Brunsma also found that 8th graders,2nd graders
It is a belief that school uniforms teach students to respect their learning environment and behave themselves, and, therefore improving discipline. However, that assumption isn’t entirely correct. Researchers have actually found that school uniforms don’t make students better behaved. According to a study of more than 4,500 students, those who wore a school uniform did not have fewer behavior problems or better attendance. Forcing students to wear uniforms lead to more problems and misbehavior instead of encouraging discipline. Students could get into trouble if they did not wear their uniforms correctly. Many kids in today’s society cannot stand the thought of someone telling them what to do, especially what to wear. Instead of encouraging respect, uniforms may cause rebellions. For example, in 2009, a group of students at John A. Ferguson Senior High School rebelled against their school uniforms. Instead of following their school uniform requirements, the students wore what they thought would be a better school uniform to school. Not only uniforms don’t earn schools the respect from its students, but it may also lead to more problems.
When students wear uniforms, students do not improve in any way. Student’s academic scores do not go higher when they wear a uniform. Researcher Virginia Draa found that “implementing a uniform policy in schools did not have any impact on academic performance”. If schools are hoping for their student’s academic scores to go higher by implementing uniforms, they would be better off without uniforms. Wearing uniforms don’t help a student’s attitude. A 2010 study in a large urban school district in the Southwest found that asking students to wear uniforms did not result in any change in the number of suspensions for elementary school students. Student’s behavior won’t change, if schools wanted to implement uniform. Uniforms don’t have any positive impact on students,