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Ladd, Edward T. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1971
Descriptors: Activism, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Problems, Discipline Policy
Trump, Kenneth S. – American School Board Journal, 1993
Cleveland, Ohio, Public Schools acknowledged the negative impact of gangs on the education environment by creating a gang intervention and prevention team. Advises school districts on signs to watch for, steps staff can take, and how to tell the press. Stresses publishing and reinforcing rules in a student handbook and conducting training programs…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Dress Codes, Elementary Secondary Education, Juvenile Gangs

Weisenberger, Clay – Journal of Law and Education, 2000
Examines message T-Shirts as a medium for student expression and the ability of public schools to regulate those messages. Predicts that as violence and insolence increase in schools, courts will probably continue to defer to school authorities and let them handle their own problems. (77 footnotes). (MLF)
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Dress Codes, Elementary Secondary Education
Dowling-Sendor, Benjamin – American School Board Journal, 1998
Lays out the basic requirements of a sound antigang symbol policy. Discusses ways in which a school board can develop a sound policy that prohibits the wearing or display of gang-related symbols without overstepping constitutional boundaries. (LMI)
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Dress Codes, Due Process
Essex, Nathan L. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2004
In this article, the author focuses on the issue involving zero tolerance in the Texas district whether the dress code policy is reasonable. In a small Texas school district, over 700 students were suspended in a single month for violating a zero-tolerance dress code policy. This suspension, which attracted national attention and threats of…
Descriptors: Zero Tolerance Policy, School Districts, Dress Codes, Student Rights
Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA. Center for Law and Education. – 1971
This report discusses various types of student codes, presents the need for such codes, outlines court challenges of these codes, and provides guidelines for drafting codes. Sample codes in the packet include citywide codes from eight cities, four Statewide policy statements, and selected model codes. (JF)
Descriptors: Activism, Behavior, Board of Education Policy, Court Litigation

Chamelin, Neil; Trunzo, Kae B. – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1978
Examines the reasons for the rapid intervention of courts into areas primarily an administrative decision-making process and describes those areas in which legal decisions have drastically defined and restricted the permissible scope of administrative activity in schools. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Court Litigation, Discipline Policy, Dress Codes

Brown, J. Michael – Journal of Law And Education, 1972
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Court Litigation, Discipline, Dress Codes
Stover, Del – American School Board Journal, 1990
Any restrictions on student dress must have a legitimate educational rationale. Standards of attire for school employees are also permissible. A dress-code policy that calls for reasonable restrictions and is enforced with common sense can create a better school environment. Restrictive measures can lead to costly lawsuits. Cites advantages of…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Court Litigation, Discipline Policy, Dress Codes

McCarthy, Martha M. – NASSP Bulletin, 1998
Since the mid-1980s, judicial decisions have broadened school authorities' discretion to restrict student expression (in oral and written communications, grooming, and attire). The category of protected student expression has eroded. Despite replacement of the "Tinker" presumption favoring student expression with one favoring validity of…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Censorship, Court Litigation, Dress Codes
Dowling-Sendor, Benjamin – American School Board Journal, 2001
In a case involving parents' claims that a Louisiana district's uniform policy violated their children's 14th Amendment right to free speech, Fifth Circuit Judge Robert Parker sided with the school board. The board's legitimate interests in regulating student behavior outweighed students' legitimate interests concerning clothing choices. (MLH)
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Court Litigation, Dress Codes, Elementary Secondary Education
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
Shaha, Steven H. – 1980
This paper reviews both the literature and the court litigation concerning student rights in elementary and high school. The purpose of the paper is to outline the legal aspects of the relationship of students to their teachers and administrators. Topics covered include the freedoms of speech and press, due process, "in loco parentis,"…
Descriptors: Corporal Punishment, Court Litigation, Dress Codes, Due Process
National Education Association, Washington, DC. Research Div. – 1971
This report contains digests of 171 federal and State court decisions concerning students, which were compiled from court decisions published in the National Reporter System during the calendar year 1970. The case digests are classified under (1) admission and attendance, (2) school desegregation, (3) student discipline, (4) student injury,(5)…
Descriptors: Activism, Attendance, Court Litigation, Discipline
Anderson, Wendell – Policy Report, 2002
Opinions abound on what students should wear to class. Some see student dress as a safety issue; others see it as a student-rights issue. The issue of dress codes and uniform policies has been tackled in the classroom, the boardroom, and the courtroom. This Policy Report examines the whole fabric of the debate on dress codes and uniform policies…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Clothing, Dress Codes, Educational Environment