Against or For?

Isaacson, Lynne. "Student Dress Codes" Clearinghouse on Educational Policy and Management. January 1998. 23 January 2007. http://eric.uoregon.edu/publications/digests/digest117.html

Out of the reasons for having a school dress codes, some of the weak ones are reducing gang influence, erasing cultural and economic differences among students, and improving attendance. By not wearing gang related clothing will not stop kids from joining gangs. Students can still persuade others to join gangs with their words. Without the presence of gang related clothing, there will still be gangs. Gang violence should be ended all together, not covered up. School faculty tries to erase cultural and economic differences between students but they are also trying to get students ready for the real world. In real life, everyone is different from another. If schools try to mask the differences between people, it will deprive students of learning about other people. Students should get to show others what their customs are and be able to see those of others through clothing. Trying to improve attendance in schools is very important but i don't see how telling students how to dress will make them come to school. If anything, students wouldn't come to school as much if they had a dress code than if they didnt. They don't want to be uncomfortable in clothing that is not of their taste so they might skip school more often.