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Losen, Daniel J.; Martinez, Tia Elena – Civil Rights Project / Proyecto Derechos Civiles, 2013
In this first of a kind breakdown of data from over 26,000 U.S. middle and high schools, the authors estimate that well over two million students were suspended during the 2009-2010 academic year. This means that one out of every nine secondary school students was suspended at least once during that year. As other studies demonstrate, the vast…
Descriptors: Suspension, Secondary School Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Dress Codes
Trerise, Richard; Johnson, Candice – Principal, 2002
Discusses middle-school student dress code issues involving policies, consistency and fairness, enforcement, student rights, and the weather. (PKP)
Descriptors: Dress Codes, Middle Schools, Student Behavior, Student Rights
Zirkel, Perry A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1998
Two middle-school students unsuccessfully challenged a Phoenix school's mandatory school uniform policy. The attorney representing the district interpreted the appellate court's decision as providing assurance for public schools that such policies are constitutional, provided they are content-neutral, not aimed at suppressing any particular…
Descriptors: Dress Codes, Freedom of Speech, Intermediate Grades, Legal Problems