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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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Patton, Lori D. – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2014
In this paper, I conduct a critical discourse analysis of the Morehouse College Appropriate Attire Policy and discuss how issues of race, gender, and sexuality converge to reveal both overt and hidden meanings embedded in the policy. I also consider how power is used towards "other" black college men who neither fit neatly into…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Dress Codes, School Policy, Discourse Analysis
Padgett, Jackie Baker – 1998
This study attempted to determine whether or not the teachers in a rural Georgia elementary school believed that a strict dress-code or student-uniform policy was needed to improve student behavior. A 20-item Likert Scale questionnaire was developed to measure teachers' feelings and/or beliefs concerning the students' dress code and effects on…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Dress Codes, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Richardson, Martha K. – Principal Leadership, 2005
Success in today's K-12 environment often hinges on improved test scores. But success should be defined more broadly to recognize the overall learning environment that is created by students, teachers, staff members, administrators, and parents. As a middle level principal, the author has learned that to create long-lasting change and to foster a…
Descriptors: Student Development, School Culture, Educational Environment, Middle Schools