School Uniform Movement and What It Tells Us about American Education: A Symbolic Crusade FROM THE PUBLISHER
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.
SYNOPSIS
For all of the debates over adopting school uniforms as a part of educational reform, there has been little empirical examination of the relationship of uniform policy to student academic achievement, says Brunsma (sociology, U. of Alabama). Basing this work on the empirical research conducted in the United States, including many of his own research studies, he critically evaluates the literature on school uniform policies and reports on his own tests across all school sectors using multiple regression techniques. He also explores the history and legal contexts of the school uniform movement. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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