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Brunsma, David L. – 2002
The debate surrounding the effectiveness of school-uniform policies, as well as discussions concerning when and how to implement them, is rooted in anecdote. This review summarizes anecdotal literature on which the current debate is based and critically reviews the empirical literature, including theoretical underpinnings, findings, and…
Descriptors: Dress Codes, Elementary Secondary Education, Literature Reviews, Research Methodology
Direct linkBrunsma, David L. – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2004
This book represents the most thorough exposition on the present understanding of the impetuses, debates, legalities, and effectiveness of school uniform policies that have rapidly entered the discourse of school reform in the United States. In it, David Brunsma provides an antidote to the ungrounded, anecdotal components that define the…
Descriptors: School Uniforms, Dress Codes, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational History
Peer reviewedBrunsma, David L.; Rockquemore, Kerry A. – Journal of Educational Research, 1998
Examined 10th-grade data from the 1988 National Educational Longitudinal Study to investigate the effects of school uniforms on student attendance, behavior problems, substance use, and academic achievement. Data from public, private, and Catholic schools indicated that uniforms had no direct effect on substance use, attendance, or behavior, and a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Patterns, Behavior Problems, Catholic Schools
