Students Perceptions of school uniforms policy

Running Head : School Uniform Policy on Safety and Discipline

The Effects of Implementation of a School Uniform Policy on Safety and Discipline Perceptions of Middle School Students

By

Jo A . Hoskins

A Position Presented in Partial Fulfillment

Of the Requirements of

HS8111 : Quantitative Research Methods in Human Services

May , 2008

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City , State , Zip : Fort Pierce , Fl 34946

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Instructor . Dr . C . Hilliman Chapter 1 . Introduction

Statement of the Problem

Debate over outfitting school children into their

uniforms started in 1983 in response to the report entitled A Nation at Risk , warning America of its eroding educational foundation marred by the rising tide of mediocrity . Then in 1987 , four years after the disturbing status of the American educational system was described , Cherry Hill Elementary School in Baltimore , Maryland became the first to implement followed by the Long Beach Unified District in California . In the case of the Long Beach District , the uniform policy yielded positive outcomes such as decreased school violence and increased attendance which prompted former president Bill Clinton in his State of the Union address in 1996 to endorse the policy in public schools for the curtailment of violence and promotion of discipline . Supporters of the movement argued that the policy has the potential of decreasing rate of student victimization , lowering gang violence , and distinguishing strangers from students within the school premises (Scherer , 1991 Kennedy , 1995 Loesch , 1995 Gursky , 1996 as cited in Brunsma Rockquemore , 1998 Academically , school uniforms...