Uniforms in Public Schools

Chapter 1 Introduction: Evaluating Public School Uniforms-A Decade of Research Part 2 Part I: School Uniforms in Elementary Schools Chapter 3 1. The Influence of a Mandatory School Uniform Policy in a Rural and an Urban School District Chapter 4 2. Studying Public Elementary School Uniform Policies With Small Samples: Promises and Perils From Rural Pennsylvania Part 5 Part 2: School Uniforms in Middle Schools Chapter 6 3. Effects of Mandated School Uniforms on Student Attendance, Discipline Referrals, and Classroom Environment Chapter 7 4. School Uniforms in Middle Schools: Enhancing Identity and Security Chapter 8 5. Student Uniforms and School Climate: The Urban Middle School Teacher's Perception Part 9 Part 3: School Uniforms: Critical and Comparative Processes Chapter 10 6. School Dress Codes and Uniforms: Perspectives on Wearing Uniforms in Korea and the United States Chapter 11 7. The Implementation and Impact of Mandatory School Uniforms in Long Beach, California Chapter 12 Postscript: Looking Back, Looking Ahead-On the Future of Educational Research and Training

David L. Brunsma is an assistant professor of sociology and black studies at the University of Missouri_Columbia.

Brunsma and his contributors provide empirical research and other studies about whether students learn better when they are all dressed alike, and whether requiring uniforms impacts students' abilities to perform as individuals and as members of their communities. Reference and Research Book News