School uniforms started with school district, the schools on making student’s wear uniforms which has been around since the 16th centuries. The uniforms were created for the children who were poor, but overtime school districts saw that student with uniforms could bring them together. There been debates on whether uniforms improved academic success while reducing of violence’s. Also, has been opinions and studies that indication between school uniforms and academic achievement. There has been pros and cons with school uniforms threw out history, that uniforms were first introduced in the 16th century in England at some charity schools for poor children. It was not until 19th century that public schools began instituting uniforms and even later for them to be widely accepted at every state schools. There has been a lot of debates on whether the of having school uniforms are good or bad for students.
The concept of school uniforms are way recognizable with public schools and private schools within the united states. Later in the years, it would get much more attention to the controversy over school uniforms which would arose when a significant movement started to form in the 1980’s to introduce dress codes within public school in the united states .” In 1996 approximately, three percent of all schools in the united states had a school uniforms policy (Gentile & Imberman, 2009).” How society also has its views on uniforms during the 1996 state of union address, president Bill Clinton discussed on school uniforms as one of solutions to gang related behavioral problems.
This would lead to a discussion to scour a literature which would determine whether this assertion was actually supported in the empirical evidence. Part of the literature would be discussed on the reduction on gang violence in school’s districts but, which would also host of other possible outcomes on school uniform policy that would also include decreased increased learning, self-esteem, and academic achievement. Students would view school uniforms in grade school to the third grade don’t really mind of any judgement by either way which could be favorable or not maybe for the school uniform policy.
Students that are more considered about their appearance on their school uniforms actually want to be viewed in their own individuality which are the ones that speak more openly minded about having the choice to choose whether not to have school uniforms in their schools . For example children would be told that they should love who they are and be themselves. For instance, as a child many of us were so excited to actually picked a oufit to wear for the day being by feeling that sense of control and to know you could show up to school.