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Sampson, Elizabeth Clemons – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Teachers were once held to a professional dress code. This code has become lax, resulting in teachers dressing in more casual attire. A local middle school in rural Georgia was experiencing complaints about teachers' unprofessional attire from other teachers, administrators, and parents. Teachers play an integral role in modeling cultural and…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Middle School Students, Clothing, Dress Codes
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Morris, Edward W.; Perry, Brea L. – Sociology of Education, 2017
School disciplinary processes are an important mechanism of inequality in education. Most prior research in this area focuses on the significantly higher rates of punishment among African American boys, but in this article, we turn our attention to the discipline of African American girls. Using advanced multilevel models and a longitudinal data…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Racial Differences, Gender Bias, Racial Bias
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
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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
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
Viadero, Debra – Education Week, 2005
This article reports on the effectiveness of school uniform policies. At Stephen Decatur Middle School, it is the school's policy that all students wear the standard school attire consisting of khaki pants with polo shirts in white, burgundy, or navy blue. Some of the shirts also sport an embroidered Decatur eagle, an optional embellishment.…
Descriptors: Educational Change, School Uniforms, Public Schools, Educational Improvement