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Evans, Dennis L. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1996
Concerned about President Clinton's "bully pulpit" endorsement of uniforms in public schools, an educator ponders their acceptance by fellow conservatives who allegedly abhor governmental intrusion into citizens' daily lives. Mandatory uniform policies will not dispel gang activity, banish economic distinctions, or create an academically serious…
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Conservatism, Discipline, Dress Codes
Sparks, Richard K. – American School Board Journal, 1983
Courts will support school boards' dress codes if based on needs rather than opinions. Courts have affirmed that minors have constitutional rights. Hair length, clothing style, and beards may be protected by students' right to freedom of expression. Codes must be carefully written and consistent with schools' legitimate goals. (PB)
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Civil Liberties, Court Litigation, Dress Codes
Surgenor, Peter; And Others – Camping Magazine, 1997
Three camp directors discuss their policies regarding body art and body piercing. Only one director reported a strict policy prohibiting tattoos or body art based on standards that the camp portrays to families. However, all directors enforced policies prohibiting clothing or body art that mentions alcohol, tobacco, drug use, or inappropriate…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Camping, Christianity
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Holloman, Lillian O. – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 1995
Gang violence, thefts, and costs are among the reasons schools are adopting dress codes or uniforms. Evidence of their effect on behavior is largely anecdotal; empirical research is needed. Home economics professionals can work with parents to set dress policies, get student input, incorporate the teaching of values about clothing, build student…
Descriptors: Clothing Instruction, Dress Codes, Elementary Secondary Education, Home Economics
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Schachter, Hindy Lauer – Journal of Law and Education, 1993
Explores the legal status of public school teachers' wearing religiously distinctive clothing in the absence of specific state prohibition. Analyzes the effects of laws prohibiting teachers from wearing religious clothes and argues for the abolition of religious dress statutes. (40 references) (MLF)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Cultural Differences, Dress Codes, Elementary Secondary Education
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Kommer, David – Middle School Journal, 1999
Discusses the benefits of school uniforms in fulfilling the educational objectives of middle school reform. Considers the role of uniforms in establishing student affiliation with the school and in adolescent development. Describes the development of a uniform program and notes issues of cost and legality. (JPB)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Dress Codes, Educational Environment, Educational Objectives
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Strickland, S. Mark; Fluitt, John L. – College and University, 1985
The use of colors in tassels and hood trimmings to signify the subject areas of degrees is discussed, and variations in this practice are described. Whether the color of the hood trimming should indicate the major subject studied or the subject area incorporated in the title of the degree is debated. (MLW)
Descriptors: Clothing, Color, Commencement Ceremonies, Degrees (Academic)
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Porto, Brian L. – Journal of Law and Education, 1982
Analyzes the unwillingness of the federal courts to view the traditional braided hairstyle worn by American Indian students as worthy of protection under the Tinker "symbolic speech" doctrine. Examines the legacy of the Tinker doctrine for Indian students and presents an argument for expanding this precedent. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: American Indians, Court Litigation, Dress Codes, Elementary Secondary Education
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Kuhn, Mary Julia – Journal of Law and Education, 1996
The outcome of legal battles regarding student dress codes often depends on how the issue is characterized; words used in the code; the geographic area of the conflict; on the ideological trend of the Supreme Court and the political/social climate of the country; and judicial inactivism of the Court. Applies these variables to two Jefferson…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Dress Codes
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Swanson, Rick A. – Journal of Law and Education, 1994
Examines the issue of whether public school teachers may be prohibited from wearing religious apparel. Addresses the fundamental distinction between the elementary school setting and the high school setting. Claims the application of garb laws in the context of the public high schools is unconstitutional. (134 footnotes) (MLF)
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Dress Codes, Freedom of Speech
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Gunn, T. Jeremy – Journal of Law and Education, 1994
Responds to Hindy Lauer Schachter's article that criticized the "religious garb" statutes that prohibit public school teachers from wearing religious attire while teaching. Contends that Schachter considers the issue solely from the teacher's point of view. Argues that there are other factors that public school administrators have to…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Dress Codes, Elementary Secondary Education, Public School Teachers
Natale, Jo Anna – Executive Educator, 1994
At Frederick Douglass Academy, middle school of choice in central Harlem, principal Lorraine Monroe is creating public school that exudes private school values--hard work, discipline, college preparation. Drawing 75% of its student body from central Harlem, school will evolve into a secondary school and graduate its first class in 1997. The…
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Blacks, Dress Codes, Expectation
Dowling-Sendor, Benjamin – American School Board Journal, 1998
Because some known gang members were wearing rosaries as gang symbols, a Texas school district told two students--who were not gang members--that they could not wear rosaries outside their shirts. A federal district court ruled (Chalifoux v. New Caney Independent School District) that the district's entire gang-apparel policy was void because of…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Dress Codes, Federal Courts, Freedom of Speech
Majestic, Ann L. – Inquiry & Analysis, 1991
In 1969 the Supreme Court, in "Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District," established the right of students to freedom of expression in school unless the exercise of that right would materially and substantially interfere with the requirements of appropriate discipline or collide with the rights of others in the school.…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Court Litigation, Dress Codes, Elementary Secondary Education
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Rowley, Glenn L. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1982
Survey research establishes that beardedness correlates with many desired outcomes and supports that a minimal level of beardedness be set as a prerequisite for high school graduation. Research problems of concept clarification, domain-definition, instrument development, and standard setting methods are discussed. The political considerations of…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Criterion Referenced Tests, Cutting Scores, Dress Codes
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