2. Deregulating School Uniforms By Shawn Williams EDUC 504 A Proposal to Deregulate Mandatory School Uniforms Click Here for a Introduction VideoHere Click Here for My Home PageHere Click Here to Email MeHere

3. Deregulating School Uniforms Click Here to View My Research PaperHere Are school uniforms necessary? Do school uniforms prevent or curb violence? Do school uniforms increase obedience?

4. A Band-Aid Solution School uniform policies act as a “Band-Aid” solution to a set of serious problems lacking easy answers School uniform policies also draw us into a false sense of security only conformity can give These policies are nothing more than masking agents equivalent to Lysol being sprayed on the social fabric our society has created They are nothing more than duck tape on the aorta, packaged and sold as a breakthrough in heart surgery

6. Evidence from eight years of empirical research into public school uniforms is clear: uniforms policies are not effective Click Here to Read:Here Research Analysis Court cases & Appeals Opinions & Arguments Petitions & Articles

7. Student Rights School uniform policies infringe upon students’ First Amendment rights to freedom of expression. Under the 14th Amendment school uniforms have violated the students’ liberty to control their personal appearance. Uniforms interfere with students’ natural tendency to experiment with their identities. “Raise Your Hand If You Are Against School Uniforms”

8. Studies Show That School Uniforms Did NOT Lead To Improvement In: Behavior Academic Achievement Attendance Drug Use Click Here To Read The Report Conducted By David BrunsmaHere Click Here for Current & Background Information Regarding David BrunsmaHere Please Don’t Make Me Wear This

9. Are School Uniform Policies Being Used In Racist Or Classist Ways? Uniforms traditionally represented the social or academic elite; Today the average school uniform is worn by a student of minority status often draped in economic despair Mandatory uniform policies are being considered largely for urban school districts, and hence are being forced upon a predominately minority and poor student population To Read More On This Topic Click Here To See An Interview About David Brunsma’s New Book:Here The School Uniform Movement and What It Tells Us About American Education: A Symbolic Crusade

10. Additional Cons Concerning School Uniforms Supervising uniforms only lengthens the long list of parental jobs that educators have taken over Makes shopping for school clothes more expensive and harder to do, especially for poor families Some parents and children have religious objectives to uniforms

11. Proposal Deregulate uniforms or at least amend policy to include student input Support individuality, diversity & freedom of expression Are we raising & educating free thinkers? Turn the process into an educational experience