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Writing Workshop 5 (continued)
My Notes
3. Institute an itemized dress code that will be applied throughout the district.
4. Authorize a voluntary uniform policy.
5. Authorize a mandatory uniform policy with or without a clearly defined opt-out provision. Then policy-makers should decide whether to let schools choose their own uniforms and whether to offer financial help to low-income families (Paliokos and others).
Whichever policy is chosen, successful implementation depends on developing positive perceptions among students and parents, making uniforms available and inexpensive, implementing dress-code/uniform policies in conjunction with other educational change strategies, allowing for some diversity in uniform components, involving parents and students in choice of uniforms and formulation of policy, recognizing cultural influences, and enforcing the rules evenly and fairly.
Superintendent Cohn credits his district’s success to a stable school board, supportive parents and community, resources to defend the policy, capable site administrators, and community philanthropic resources.
Resources
“California Leads Nation in Public School Uniform Use.” CALIFORNIA SCHOOL
NEWS (March 31, 1997): 4.
Caruso, Peter. “Individuality vs. Conformity: The Issue Behind School Uniforms.”
NASSP BULLETIN 8, 581 (September 1996): 83-88. EJ 532 294.
Cohn, Carl A. “Mandatory School Uniforms.” THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR 53,
2 (February 1996): 22-25. EJ 519 738.
Cohn, Carl A., and Loren Siegal. “Should Students Wear Uniforms?” LEARNING 25, 2
(September/October 1996): 38-39.
Grantham, Kimberly. “Restricting Student Dress in Public Schools.” SCHOOL LAW
BULLETIN 25, 1 (Winter 1994): 1-10. EJ 483 331.
Kuhn, Mary Julia. “Student Dress Codes in the Public Schools: Multiple Perspectives
in the Courts and Schools on the Same Issues.” JOURNAL OF LAW AND
EDUCATION 25, 1 (Winter 1996): 83-106. EJ 527 561.
Lane, Kenneth E.; Stanley L. Schwartz; Michael D. Richardson; and Dennis W.
VanBerum. “You Aren’t What You Wear.” THE AMERICAN SCHOOL BOARD
JOURNAL 181, 3 (March 1994): 64-65. EJ 481 325.
Loesch, Paul C. “A School Uniform Program That Works.” PRINCIPAL 74, 4 (March
1995): 28, 30. EJ 502 869.
Murray, Richard K. “The Impact of School Uniforms on School Climate.” NASSP
BULLETIN 81,593 (December 1997):106-12.
Paliokas, Kathleen L.; Mary Hatwood Futrell; and Ray C. Rist. “Trying Uniforms On
for Size.” THE AMERICAN SCHOOL BOARD JOURNAL 183, 5 (May 1996): 32-35. EJ 524 358.
SOAPSTone
Speaker:
What does the reader know about the writer?
Sample responses:
Not much is known about the writer other than her obvious interest in the school dress code issue.
“This Digest examines arguments for
and against school-uniform policies, identifies legal considerations, and offers guidelines for implementing policies on student dress.”
12 SpringBoard® Writing Workshop with Grammar Activities Grade 8
Analysis
Textual Support
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