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Dress Codes Blues: An Exploration of Urban Students' Reactions to a Public High School Uniform Policy
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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