The School Uniform Movement and What It Tells Us about American Education A Symbolic Crusade,9781578861255

The School Uniform Movement and What It Tells Us about American Education A Symbolic Crusade

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ISBN13: 9781578861255
ISBN10: 157886125X
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-06-25
Publisher(s): R&L Education
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Summary

This book represents the most thorough exposition on our present understanding of the impetuses, debates, legalities, and effectiveness of school uniform policies that have rapidly entered the discourse of school reform in the United States. In it, David Brunsma provides an antidote to the ungrounded, anecdotal components that define the contemporary conversation regarding policies of standardized dress in American K-12 districts and schools.

Author Biography

David L. Brunsma is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.

Table of Contents

List of Tables ix
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction xvii
1 Dress Codes and School Uniforms: Past, Present, and Future 1(26)
A Brief History of School Uniforms and Dress Codes
3(1)
England: Class, Schooling, and School Uniforms
3(4)
The Rise of Public Schooling and Student Dress
7(4)
Baby Boomers, the Student Movement, Free Speech, and Dress
11(2)
The Tide Is Turned: From D.C.to Long Beach
13(7)
The Making of a National "Reform" Effort
20(3)
The Contours of Anti-Uniform and Pro-Uniform Discourse
23(4)
2 A Review of the Literature: From Anecdotes to Research and Back Again 27(24)
Introduction
28(2)
Anecdotes Are Not Antidotes:The Pros and Cons of School Uniforms
30(2)
The Research: Pieces of the Puzzle
32(17)
Where Do We Go from Here?
49(2)
3 The Law and Student Clothing (Todd A. DeMitchell) 51(24)
Freedom of Speech
52(5)
Litigation over Dress Codes
57(5)
Uniforms and the Constitution
62(10)
Uniforms and Dress Codes
72(3)
4 To Uniform or Not to Uniform? Empirical Antecedents to Policy Formation and Adoption 75(32)
Introduction
75(1)
Descriptive Data: Uniform Policies in the United States
76(5)
Why Uniforms? Why Not?: Anecdotal Reasons Given for the Implementation of Uniform Policies
81(5)
Empirical Correlates to Policy Adoption in Public Schools
86(4)
From Idea to Practice: Protocol, Promises, Pitfalls, and Perils
90(12)
From Practice to the Compost Heap
102(3)
Discussion: To Uniform or Not to Uniform? Is That the Question?
105(2)
5 The Effects of School Uniforms and Dress Codes on Educational Processes and Outcomes 107(48)
Introduction
107(1)
Uniforms and School Climate Variables
108(11)
Uniforms and Academic Achievement
119(18)
Uniforms and Attendance
137(2)
The BIG Question: Uniforms versus Dress Codes
139(3)
Is It Too Early to Tell? Prospects of the Longevity of Uniform Policies
142(12)
Summary
154(1)
6 The Effects of School Uniforms and Dress Codes on Behavioral and Social Processes and Outcomes 155(22)
Introduction
155(1)
Uniforms and Self-Esteem/Self-Concept
156(5)
Uniforms and Measures of Loci of Control
161(11)
Uniforms, Behavioral Problems, Substance Use, and Attendance
172(4)
Summary
176(1)
7 A Symbolic Crusade:The School Uniform Movement and What It Tells Us about American Education 177(20)
Introduction
177(2)
What Have We Learned?
179(5)
Panacea or Serious Reform Effort? On the Incompetence of the School Uniform Movement
184(8)
Behind the Symbol, Behind the Crusade: Intentions and Fears
192(2)
Conclusion: What Works?
194(3)
Appendixes
Appendix A: Means, Standard Deviations, Ranges, and Coding of Variables
197(10)
Appendix B: President Clinton's State of the Union Address (Delivered Version)
207(16)
Endnotes 223(14)
References 237(18)
Index 255(8)
About the Author 263

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