Cardia Brown Annotated Bibliography LIS 201 April 24, 2016 1. Walmsley, A., (2011). What the United Kingdom Can Teach the United States about School Uniforms. The Phi Delta Kappan, 92(6), 63–66. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org.lynx.lib.usm.edu/stable/25822818 The author’s research has shown the United States the value of school uniforms and the results you can get from students when they are happy and not bullied, teased, or taunted on a daily basis just because you are not wearing the latest trends. For the United Kingdom this is not an issue and nor do anyone go against the grain because they are extremely happy of how the system is working for their children. The children are dressed properly, has great manners, enter class after …show more content…
Evans, D. L., (1996). School Uniforms: An 'Unfashionable' Dissent. The Phi Delta Kappan, 78(2), 139–139. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org.lynx.lib.usm.edu/stable/20405730 According to this author Mr. Evans, he fancied himself a conservative, but now he’s not sure. This comes after the issue of school uniforms continually pop up to the surface due to the violence, bullying, teasing, and taunting in schools. The children/teens do not feel safe and they tend to shy away from others than can help them, but they are put in a position that if they tell they are considered snitches or rats and that start the cycles all over again. President Clinton favored this policy because it was a way to get around gang attire, brand names, etc. Students would be able to attend school and feel safe. 3. Bodine, A., (2003). School Uniforms, Academic Achievement, and Uses of Research. The Journal of Educational Research, 97(2), 67–71. Retrieved from …show more content…
In her research she mentioned the opening of Winthrop Normal and Industrial College South Carolina’s populist governor announced that all distinctions of wealth will be done away with. So that meant every person there would be dressed the same which leveled the playing field sort of speak. Equality of opportunity was a great way to start the school year off. It would take away from the wealthier students looking down on those less fortunate than them. This eliminated a lot of the wealthier students placing themselves on a level. Now this placed the poor on the same level as other students. 4. Adams, A. T., (2006). [Review of Uniforms in Public Schools: A Decade of Research and Debate]. Contemporary Sociology, 35(6), 634–636. Retrieved from
Mark Twain once said, “Clothes make the man”. This quote applies to the issue on school uniforms. Are they making the students of America’s public schools more responsible and orderly? The statistics seem to say yes. There is no doubt that schools across the nation are seeing the improvements are adopting the policy themselves. The benefits of school uniforms include decreasing violence, helping students reduce peer pressure, greater concentration on schoolwork, and school officials are able to recognize intruders. What a student wears may sound trivial however it is worth the investigation because it is changing the American public education system.
In the Washington Post newspaper article stated the claim of how uniform policy swept U.S. in the school year of 2011-2012 to improve academics for the lacking students. Chandler says that according to federal data, 20 percent of schools districts made it necessary for students to wear uniforms. The uniform take-over caught the attention of researcher and educators of the benefits surrounding uniforms between high and low poverty school.Chandler is a journalist on education for the Washington Post. No uniform policy on what to wear offer reasonable evidence supporting school
In today’s society, the idea of whether school uniforms should be implemented in every school across the country has become highly debatable. But, before further expanding on the issue, it is important to note that in the past, public figures have attempted to encourage the use of school uniforms. Nevertheless, many individual school districts fail to see the advantages they can bring, so they do not require their students to wear them. For example, it is important to take into consideration the number of students who end their lives as a result of bullying in schools. Additionally, with current tragedies happening in today’s world, such as, school massacres like the ones in Red Lake or Sandy Hook and terroristic threats like the ones that
"’School uniforms are one step that may help break the cycle of violence, truancy and disorder by helping young students understand what really counts is what kind of people they are,’ President Clinton said. It didn 't take much more than this presidential nod of approval to get the uniform ball rolling in many school districts across the country” (Bowen). Are school uniforms really the answer to the public schools’ problems? Although having a school uniform policy is mostly beneficial to schools, there are some drawbacks to having one. While uniforms provide less cost to the parent and less chance of bullying in schools, they also limit a student’s freedom of expression and can decrease the student’s comfort level.
The debate over the use of school uniforms in public schools is one that has raged on for decades, and still hasn’t come to a conclusion. School uniforms are increasingly being enforced in public schools throughout the country, amidst a slew of opposition. Some people believe that school uniforms do not help our schools and their students, but hurt the schools and smother the student’s freedom. More specifically, some schools in the Greeley/Evans School District 6 have adopted school uniforms to try and improve the respective schools problems while some schools haven’t adopted uniforms. This leads people to question, should the Greeley-Evans School District adopt a school uniform policy?
As unnecessary, to most students, as it may seem, school uniforms can actually carry a lot of potent. According to a bulletin produced by the National Association of Secondary School Principals, it stated that “When all students are wearing the same outfit, they are less concerned about how they look and how they fit in; thus, they can concentrate on their schoolwork.” Students do not have to emphasize on what to wear to school each day; they tend to focus more on their education rather than to learn who is wearing the latest fashion trend. Students may start to digress to a point where they are even clueless about what they had learned during their entire school year. It is saddening to realize that these students would prioritize their clothing over their education instead. Providing uniforms to the students would have a tremendous effect over these students and the school systems. Students would not have to spend great amounts of money on clothing in order to receive the praise or attention of their friends and/or family; vice-versa, students who don’t have the money to afford the latest clothing will not have to suffer the gossips of their poor taste of
Many educators and even former President Bill Clinton, in his 1996 State of the Union address, have publicly supported the use of uniforms in schools. Larry Wilder Ed. D at Fresno Pacific University School of Education is one of those supporters.The reason he agrees with uniforms is because “They lead to a safer educational environment that increases Student's ability to learn, increases equality between the sexes and tolerance among ethnic and social groups.” There is much debate by educators on whether or not students in public schools should wear uniforms or have a dress code. There are many positive aspects and several negative aspects of uniforms in school. No matter what side you are on, there is a mixed bag of data when it comes to the ...
Brunsma, David L. and Kerry A. Rockquemore. “Effects of Student Uniforms on Attendance, Behavior Problems, Substance Abuse, and Academic Achievement”. The Journal of Education Research. 92.1 (1998): 53-62. Print.
In society today, school-age children are under tremendous pressure to fit in with their peers and still perform well academically. I believe that school uniforms at pre-K through high school levels are an excellent way to help children succeed not only in school, but to prepare them for college and the “real world.” Three reasons why I believe school uniforms should be used in all schools is first, they are economic, next, they reduce distractions and finally, they help with social equality. To begin, school uniforms are economic. When schools have a uniform policy, it makes it easier on the children and parents.
At the beginning of the 20th century almost no parent or faculty had any concerns with how students dressed to attend school. Nowadays, though, this is a giant concern among students, parents, and school board officials. Many arguments have been made over the matter saying uniforms should be required and enforced in schools. But, uniforms should not be required as they ultimately eliminate freedom of expression, promote conformity over individuality, may have a detrimental effect on students self image, emphasize the socioeconomic divisions they are supposed to eliminate, and lastly, school uniforms in public schools undermine the promise of a free education by adding an extra expense for families.
Boutelle, Marsha. “Uniforms: Are They A Good Fit?” The Education Digest Feb. 2008: 37. Print.
School uniforms are a boiling conversation point these days. There are so many well-built points of view about what route parents, students, and superintendents wish to go in. It has been disputed that school uniforms have the potential to make a school safer, that uniforms reduce harassment or self-esteem issues, and that uniforms return the focus to the students' learning. I disagree. I, in fact think that school uniforms do not help make our schools a more secure place, I think that they do not revisit the center of attention to student's education - they just shifted where the attention was previous, and that they won’t help cut down on harassment or self- esteem issues in school.
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Moreover, school uniforms can diminish an individual’s courage while conflicting with the human desperation to be divergent. Although several people believe that these uniforms raise confidence, the facts, research, and studies preformed by various examiners prove otherwise and ultimately dismiss this claim. For example, in the article "Debate Over School Uniforms Rages On" the author Jack explains,
Conformity: The Issue behind School Uniforms,” Peter Caruso suggest clothing can provide clues to the status of a person which could also be connected to a person’s values. If all students were to dress the same, Caruso claims, ideas such as these would no longer be an issue (85). Caruso’s idea that once schools implement a uniformed dress code we would no longer have to worry about our students being judged because of their perceived status is unfair. Why is conformity the only answer to putting an end to