My sister can counter your claim she works for a parish(Louisiana version of county) school board as a teacher this school system has a uniform policy but only if the administrator deems them to be required.She has taught at schools requiring uniforms and those not she and fellow teachers(this was at a discussion involving a few teachers working for this same school system) agreed that the behavior was about the same at all schools uniform or no.
They all agreed that the best behaved school was the one that had no uniform requirement but had very strict rules on when the kids could talk they where not allowed to talk even during lunch which they all felt was overly strict.
If a teacher has never worked at a school that requires uniforms it stands to reason that they might assume that uniforms alone promote better behavior that does not mean that it true.I would argue that the kids at the dress down day school acted up a bit more do simply to the change of pace dress down feels more relaxed as a result one will feel more apt to act up a bit.If the cat is way the mice shall play make one rule more lax and down they all go.
Last edited by Stealhead; 03-23-12 at 06:31 PM.
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