According to Dr. Tony Volk, an Associate Professor at Brock University, there is no evidence to support that school dress codes and uniforms can reduce violence or bullying.
When the Miami-Dade County Public Schools implemented a mandatory uniform policy, the number of violent incidents in their middle schools nearly doubled after just one year. When these policies receive implementation in the most violent schools statistically in the United States, the number of assaults rises by more than a dozen each year. School dress codes have zero effect on attendance or preparedness.
A study out of Virginia Tech that looked at school dress codes and uniforms found that there was no effect on behavioral problems or absenteeism when these rules were enforced on campus. It had no impact on the substance abuse behaviors in the classroom, and the impact on peer attitudes was found to be minimal. This study even found that some students performed worse on tests when uniforms were mandated, with the impact equal for elementary students and eighth-graders. A standard dress code can be challenging to enforce.
Many schools go from having no dress code to having one as a way to explore the benefits of these rules. The districts that make this transition typically go to a mandatory uniform policy afterward because a dress code can take up a lot of time in discipline.
The skirts or shorts might not be long enough, or the pants that boys wear might sit too low on their hips. Kids tend to spend more time in the office, away from their learning opportunities, because their apparel violates some kind of rule.
Dress codes can emphasize the socioeconomic divisions they try to eliminate. Most of the schools that implement a strict dress code or a mandatory uniform policy tend to be in the poorest neighborhoods of the community. Kids that come from poor families tend to wear apparel that is faded, torn, and tattered.
It only takes a maximum of 60 days from the beginning of the school year for students to figure out who has more money. School dress codes can emphasize racial divisions in a community.
Most students do not support the idea of a strict dress code. Adults can have their own opinions about the advantages and disadvantages of school dress codes and if they work. The forced implementation of a strict dress code can detract from more useful efforts to boost student performance or reduce on-campus crime.
Unless the root causes of a problem receive some attention, then changing how students look is a temporary fix at best. Strict dress codes serve the interest of retailers more than students. Many of the studies that promote the effectiveness of a mandatory policy were even funded, in whole or in part, by the brands that create products for the students to wear in the first place.
Even Walmart is getting in on this action by creating specific areas in their clothing departments to facilitate the display of apparel. The implementation of dress code rules is usually reactionary. The lengthy school shooting attack in Littleton, CO at Columbine High School in had a profound impact on an entire generation of students. When Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold turned their guns on teachers and students before taking their lives, one of the behaviors noted was the deep-pocketed trench coats that the students wore.
After the attack, many districts changed their rules to prevent certain clothing items from being worn to prevent another incident. Low-cut shirts, high-cut skirts and shorts, and questionable messages can also create issues in schools within the student body.
By taking a reactionary approach, there is never any certainty available. The right to implement a mandatory uniform policy or strict dress code was unanimously upheld in , stating that the desire to increase test scores or improve discipline does not suppress free speech. There are other mediums available to them to express their opinion. The issue that often comes up with this topic is one of consistency.
Many of the schools that implement a strict dress code do not enforce those rules on the adults while on-campus. Most parents have the ability to make their own clothing choices as well. But many argue strict dress codes are necessary for a safe learning environment. So, how should schools decide on dress code policies? School dress codes are policies that mandate how students should dress in school.
They vary from school to school, district to district. Many people feel that some school dress code policies unfairly target women since most of the items that are banned are items that women would wear, like certain types of skirts and tops. Many also argue that school dress codes can be unfairly enforced based on body type, where more developed women or heavier women are punished more frequently compared to less developed or thinner women.
Critics say that this sends the wrong message to young women about their bodies and contributes to the sexualization of young women. Many people feel that some school dress code policies unfairly target people of color by banning things that may wear like durags, hair wraps, braids, and dreadlocks.
Critics argue this criminalizes culture, and can lead to a system where students of color are getting disciplined more for dress code violations. Many proponents of dress codes feel that dress codes contribute to a safe learning environment. Why do teachers and administration see them as sexual clothing? Even as a year-old girl in college, I have trouble wearing shorts to class. Skirts, cleavage and headwear were banned which generally limited females, not the male population. Male students also got away with violating the dress code more than the girls.
Muscle tees and tank tops with a certain strap size were banned, but no guy who wore them, that I noticed, ever got in trouble for wearing them. But the moment a girl wears a top that shows midriff when she raises her hand, she is sent home and her learning is disrupted. Apparently, men cannot control themselves at the sight of a shoulder or a bra strap.
When you ban cleavage and tank tops with straps s maller than 3 finger-width, schools are insinuating that the young men in school cannot control themselves. Being sent home for the dress code is such a self-esteem blow, especially when the male counterparts are not sent home. Men were not sent home while women always had to be sent home. We, as a society, should not be teaching young girls and women how to protect themselves from being raped.
We should be teaching men not to rape. Dress codes begin early teaching of the opposite of this. Girls must cover up because men could not possibly control themselves. In a twisted way, I think that dress codes also show girls that what they wear can be an invitation for unwanted attention.
When you have bigger bust sizes it is harder to hide your curves. There is nothing wrong with your curves. All bodies are beautiful, but dress codes shame women for having a larger bust. They teach young black kids that their natural hair is not appropriate. Some schools have a hair policy installed in their dress code. These are blatantly racist because they ban tight braids and dreadlocks among other Black hairstyles. With all the sexism and racism aside, dress codes are just dumb.
Sometimes it is super hot in school. Why can the students not wear tank tops and shorts? A lot of schools will not let any shoulder show. They just limit the number of clothing students can wear. They prevent many students from expressing themselves. Dress codes subject all children to a form of oppression.
Dress codes should be changed to be more inclusive. People of any ra ce, size and gender should not feel discriminated against in a dress code.
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