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1、DoUniformsMakeSchoolsBetter?Yesandno,saytheexperts.Theheateddebateoverschooluniformsshowsnosignsofcoolingoff.ByMarianWilde,GreatSchools.netSeniorWriterForthepastdecade,schools,parentsandstudentshaveclashedovertheissueofregulatingstudentattire.In2007,casesinvolvingananti-BushT-shirt
2、inVermont,ananti-gayT-shirtinSanDiegoandTiggersocksinNapa,California,madetheirwaythroughthecourts,causingmanytowonderwhetherthisdebatewilleverberesolved.MoreonGreatSchools.net:·ChoosingYourChild'sBack-to-SchoolClothes·Back-to-SchoolShoppingWithYourTweenorTeen·BrightIdeasFromOurRead
3、ers:HandlingDisputesAboutSchoolDressMeanwhile,researchersaredividedoverhowmuchofanimpact—ifany—dresspolicieshaveuponstudentlearning.A2004bookmakesthecasethatuniformsdonotimproveschoolsafetyoracademicdiscipline.A2005study,ontheotherhand,indicatesthatinsomeOhiohighschoolsuniformsmayh
4、aveimprovedgraduationandattendancerates,althoughnoimprovementswereobservedinacademicperformance.WhyDoSomePublicSchoolsHaveUniforms?Inthe1980s,publicschoolswereoftencomparedunfavorablytoCatholicschools.NotingtheperceivedbenefitthatuniformsconferreduponCatholicschools,somepublicschoo
5、lsdecidedtoadoptaschooluniformpolicy.PresidentClintonprovidedmomentumtotheschooluniformmovementwhenhesaidinhis1996StateoftheUnionspeech,"Ifitmeansteenagerswillstopkillingeachotheroverdesignerjackets,thenourpublicschoolsshouldbeabletorequiretheirstudentstowearschooluniforms."ThePros
6、andConsofSchoolUniformsAccordingtoproponents,schooluniforms:·Helppreventgangsfromformingoncampus·Encouragediscipline·Helpstudentsresistpeerpressuretobuytrendyclothes·Helpidentifyintrudersintheschool·Diminisheconomicandsocialbarriersbetweenstudents·Increaseasenseofbelongingandschool
7、pride·ImproveattendanceOpponentscontendthatschooluniforms:·Violateastudent'srighttofreedomofexpression·AresimplyaBand-Aidontheissueofschoolviolence·Makestudentsatargetforbulliesfromotherschools·Areafinancialburdenforpoorfamilies·Areanunfairadditionalexpenseforparentswhopaytaxesfora
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