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DaCosta, Kneia – Journal of Negro Education, 2006
This qualitative investigation explores the responses of 22 U.S. urban public high school students when confronted with their newly imposed school uniform policy. Specifically, the study assessed students' appraisals of the policy along with compliance and academic performance. Guided by ecological human development perspectives and grounded in…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Urban Schools, School Uniforms, Dress Codes
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Brunsma, 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