Uniforms In Public School

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fference in school violence, then uniforms are exactly what our children need. Some parents feel uniforms will put the students’ emphasis on schoolwork instead of dressing
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“cool”, and they will help to lower school violence. Almost six years ago, the Long Beach School District made headlines when it became the first school district in the country to make uniforms mandatory for its elementary and middle school students. According to school officials in Long Beach, California, attendance and test scores improved, incidents of students fighting decreased by 50%, student crimes decreased by 36% and student suspensions decreased by 32% after they enacted a uniform policy.(Will) However, there are other steps that could of helped to improve the students behavior. Around the same time that uniform policy were enforced, there was an increase in the number of teachers that patrolled the hallways during class changes.
In Baltimore, Maryland, school administrators found a 44% drop in assault and battery charges, a 50% reduction in assault with a deadly weapon, a 41% cut in occurrences of fighting and a 74% drop in sexual offenses. They also found drug abuse to be down by 89% and vandalism had dropped by 8%.(Stacey) These results and others caused many school districts to consider uniforms for their own schools. Uniforms seem to give students a sense of responsibility. It says to children that clothing is “not that important.” With this realization, the students began to forget about their clothes and refocused their...