School Uniform Issue

A Great First Step to Improving Our Nation’s Schools The rise of violence in today’s schools is being considered the worst threat facing the youth of our nation by many school and health professionals (King 1). School officials search for answers to help improve the environment of their schools, only to see conditions continue to deteriorate. Officials have looked into using more security, turn the school year into an all year program, switching schools …

…community looks at the school as a source of pride and parents get more involved with school activities. When added all together, these positive changes in schools that adopt a uniform policy, equal improved test scores for the children in the schools. To me, as I am a parent, my child loosing eight and a half hours of free expression a day is a very small price to pay for a safer and better education!