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An Exploration of Teacher and Student Perceptions about Standard Uniform Policies in American Public Middle Schools
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Marcus Leake – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study explored teacher and student perspectives on mandated school uniforms. Debate exists over the appropriateness of uniforms, with some stakeholders suggesting positive outcomes while others bemoan limits on student expression. This study sought to fill a gap in research specific to middle school uniform use by exploring teachers' and…
Descriptors: Junior High Schools, Middle Schools, Public Schools, Suburban Schools
Students Deserve More Than Equity Conversations: Middle Level Structures That Promote Equity
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Dave Brown – Middle Grades Review, 2023
As a reviewer of middle level schools, their programs, policies, curricula, mission statements, instructional behaviors, assessment processes, and student-oriented community the author offers observations that can promote better student equity. He suggests: (1) "Producing Equity Belief Statements." Mission, Equity, or Inclusion…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, School Culture, Organizational Culture, Social Structure
Impact of School Uniforms on Student Discipline and the Learning Climate: A Comparative Case Study of Two Middle Schools with Uniform Dress Codes and Two Middle Schools without Uniform Dress Codes
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Dulin, Charles Dewitt – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this research is to evaluate the impact of uniform dress codes on a school's climate for student behavior and learning in four middle schools in North Carolina. The research will compare the perceptions of parents, teachers, and administrators in schools with uniform dress codes against schools without uniform dress codes. This…
Descriptors: School Uniforms, Dress Codes, Middle Schools, Parent Attitudes
Out of School and Off Track: The Overuse of Suspensions in American Middle and High Schools. Executive Summary
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Losen, Daniel J.; Martinez, Tia Elena – Civil Rights Project / Proyecto Derechos Civiles, 2013
In this first of a kind breakdown of data from over 26,000 U.S. middle and high schools, the authors estimate that well over two million students were suspended during the 2009-2010 academic year. This means that one out of every nine secondary school students was suspended at least once during that year. As other studies demonstrate, the vast…
Descriptors: Suspension, Secondary School Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Dress Codes
Uniforms in the Middle School: Student Opinions, Discipline Data, and School Police Data
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Sanchez, Jafeth E.; Yoxsimer, Andrew; Hill, George C. – Journal of School Violence, 2012
This study investigated public middle school students' opinions on the benefits of wearing a school uniform. A review of related literature is provided along with results of the opinions obtained from 604 seventh- and eighth-grade middle school students attending a public school in Nevada that had recently initiated a school uniform policy.…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Middle Schools, Student Attitudes, School Uniforms
Out of School and Off Track: The Overuse of Suspensions in American Middle and High Schools
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Losen, Daniel J.; Martinez, Tia Elena – Civil Rights Project / Proyecto Derechos Civiles, 2013
In this first of a kind breakdown of data from over 26,000 U.S. middle and high schools, the authors estimate that well over two million students were suspended during the 2009-2010 academic year. This means that one out of every nine secondary school students was suspended at least once during that year. As other studies demonstrate, the vast…
Descriptors: Suspension, Dress Codes, Student Behavior, School Buildings