Uniform Effects?

CLOTHING & dress; MIDDLE schools; EDUCATIONAL law & legislation; CHILD welfare; SELF-esteem; SCHOOLS; SELF-confidence

This article informs that under Stephen Decatur Middle School's policy, all students wear the standard school attire consisting of khaki pants with polo shirts in white, burgundy, or navy blue. Rhonda E. Chandler, the parent of a 7th grader at Decatur, likes not having to buy more expensive designer clothes or worrying that her child will change into less appropriate clothing in the school restroom or on the bus going to school. They don't cultivate student self-esteem and motivation. They don't balance the social-status differences that often separate students.