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- Recent research has identified that, when schools do not enforce a uniform policy, students often tend to wear inappropriate clothes. Furthermore, not having a uniform can cause students to spend a significant amount of time choosing what to wear and getting ready in the morning, meaning that they potentially miss out on vital sleep.
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May 18, 2023 · School uniforms keep students focused on their education, not their clothes. The National Association of Secondary School Principals states, “When all students are wearing the same outfit, they are less concerned about how they look and how they fit in with their peers; thus, they can concentrate on their schoolwork.”
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- Create cohesion. When students all wear the same clothing every day at school, it levels out the playing field. Any expectations on what to wear are removed and children develop a greater sense of equality.
- Reduce the potential for bullying. Without school uniforms, the potential for children to tease and make fun of one another is increased. People use clothing to express themselves; children are no different in this regard.
- Improve study ethic. If a child feels like they don’t fit in, or they don’t have the latest and best clothing, it can be damaging to their confidence.
- Increase safety. There are significant safety concerns to not adopting a uniform in school. With their school colours on, children can immediately be recognised at a distance as a member of that school.
Mar 1, 2024 · The debate over uniforms in public schools encompasses many larger issues than simply what children should wear to school. It touches on issues of school improvement, freedom of expression, and hot-button culture wars.
- Marian Wilde
- In the 1980s, public schools were often compared unfavorably to Catholic schools. Noting the perceived benefit that uniforms conferred upon Catholi...
- Virginia Draa, assistant professor at Youngstown State University, reviewed attendance, graduation and proficiency pass rates at 64 public high sch...
- Editor’s note: This video is part of our high school milestones series about communication skills. The students in this video discuss the pros and...
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1. Affordability
Many schools intentionally choose uniforms that are very basic, such as “white polo shirt and grey shorts”, so that parents do not have to pay exorbitant amounts of money on the uniforms. Many low-cost clothing stores also make the effort to produce and distribute these typical uniform-conformant clothes at low cost during back-to-school sales. A typical 5 pack of basic white polo shirts that students can wear to school as a uniform is likely to be significantly cheaper than an outfit a child...
2. Hand-me-Down Options
It is regular practice at schools with school uniforms for parents to offer uniforms for free as hand-me-down outfits once their children grow out of the uniform. This has the effect of helping poorer families to access uniforms for their children without cost. There tends to be an over-supply of uniforms – both new and second-hand – because of the sheer number of children growing out of their uniform every month. As a result, parents in desperate need of uniforms are often able to source uni...
3. Visible Poverty is Reduced
If all children are dressed the same, the poorer children whose parents cannot afford brand-name clothing are not as visibly singled-out. They will be wearing the same clothes as the wealthier children. This can have the effect of reducing chances of bullying based on a child’s family’s levels of wealth. But it also enables children who are poor to feel as if they are no different from others. It helps to start all children off on a level playing field, and makes them feel more secure that th...
23. There is no Impact on Grades
Several studieshave found no changes in academic achievement between groups of students who wear uniforms and those who do not. If there is no clear academic benefit of a uniform, it can be argued that the uniforms are pointless. It seems that the true benefit of wearing a uniform is in the hidden curriculum– that is, in teaching things at school that are not in the academic curriculum. That includes things like discipline and conformity. Whether it’s the role of schools to teach these things...
24. Lack of Freedom of Expression
There are some who question the legality and constitutionality of enforcing school uniforms in public schools in the United States. The First Amendment protects freedom of speech, which may also protect free dress. However, to date, the Supreme Court has not made any comment on the constitutionality of uniforms. In 1969, it got close, but upholding students’ rights to wear black armbands to protest the Vietnam war. Overall, the key argument here is that a dress code restricts creative express...
25. Visible Diversity can be a Good Thing
People who argue for school uniforms say that it prevents bullying. It stops children from teasing each other because of what they wear. But if we want a multi-cultural world, isn’t school the perfect place to start talking about our diversity and how it’s a good thing? But making all children wear uniforms, we’re hiding (“sweeping under the rug”) diversity. We’re preventing conversations about it and celebration of it. Thus, uniforms are arguably outdated in a world where diversity should be...
Clearly, there are many pros and cons of school uniforms. But, one thing I did realize when researching for this article was that there are a lot of differing opinions within the research. Some research papers (such as the one by NAESP that I cited several times) appear very biased toward school uniforms. And some academic studies found conflicting...
Baumann, C. & Krskova, H. (2016). School discipline, school uniforms and academic performance.International Journal of Educational Management, 30(6), pp. 1003-1029. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEM-09-2015-0118 Firmin, M., Smith, S. & Perry, L. (2006). School Uniforms: A Qualitative Analysis of Aims and Accomplishments at Two Christian Schools, Journal...
- Pro: promotes equality and inclusion. Uniforms should be a “social leveller”, Green told the “Today” programme. Wearing the same clothes “fosters a sense of inclusion and equity in school students”, said Education Times, and can help with “laying the foundation of an equal society”.
- Con: imposes extra financial burden. A Hull councillor has called for a uniform subsidy to help struggling families, saying parents were “having to choose between school clothes and essentials, like food and rent”, said BBC News.
- Pro: promotes discipline and focus. Uniforms became more common in the US in the late 1980s “with the promise that they would curb gang violence and crime”, said The Washington Post.
- Con: curbs freedom of expression. The growing support for school uniforms in the US is “one of the great surrenderings of liberty in modern history”, said Mark Oppenheimer for The New Yorker.
In this article, we'll talk about: How uniforms can make everyone feel more equal but also less special. Why they might make it easier to choose what to wear but harder to show who you are. What psychologists and research tell us about this big school debate.
Sep 3, 2021 · Expensive school uniforms isn't just an issue for pupils and families in England, but there are slightly different rules across the UK.
