Why students should not have a dress code?
From targeting and harming girls, to violating freedoms of religious expression, school dress codes can often do more harm than good. They frequently aren’t followed, administration spends a lot of time and effort enforcing them, and when law suits are brought to court, the schools generally lose.
What are good things about dress codes?
1) A dress code promotes a more serious school atmosphere which emphasizes academics and promotes good behavior. 2) Dress codes have proven to increase student achievement by encouraging students to concentrate more on their studies and less on their wardrobe.
How do dress codes affect students?
The consequences of dress code violations contribute to the school-to-prison pipeline that systematically targets students of color. Suspending students or sending them out from the classroom to change clothes – for any reason – can compromise students’ learning and instruction (NWLC, 2018).
Do we need dress code in school?
Uniforms encourage individuality rather than suppressing it When you have uniforms in schools it adds a good sense of safety since everyone is wearing the same dress. This also means that students cannot be identified and classed into gangs on the basis of their clothing.
Are there school dress codes that discriminate against girls?
School dress-code controversies have been trending on the web in recent months, fanning a controversy over whether schools are enforcing the rules in ways that discriminate against girls.
What was the dress code in Middle School?
In middle school, as the year would venture closer to summer, the principal would remind girls over a loudspeaker not to wear short shorts.
Why are there protests against the dress code?
Protests against dress codes get to the very heart of what it means to be an adolescent girl. It’s more than a generational claim to personal identity.
Who was the 6th grade girl who challenged the dress code?
Izzy is now a first-year college student, but just this spring another Maine girl, 6th grader Molly Neuner, made national news for challenging her school’s dress code. Like so many before her, she joined a coalition of girls across the country using the Twitter hashtag #iammorethanadistraction.
