The five categories of school crime where comparisons can...
School uniforms should be required
"So uniforms are really only good for making a school look god, and who is going to know unless they walk into the school?" To answer your question, not only people who walk into the school will see the uniforms. There is a school website, and many programs that may be advertised on the county education television station. The average person spends about $600 a year on new clothes. Even if you are the type of person that enjoys the finer things in life and prefer to only buy clothes that have a designer name tag, you are bound to spend more than $600 a year. Many of these designers will charge their customers over $100 per piece but usually, it is a lot more than that. (http://www.angrywhiteboyinc.com...) School uniform pants can cost anywhere from $8-$25 depending on the size and brand. The cost of school uniform shirts can be between $7 and $20. This is for the whole year & far more cheaper than without uniforms. (http://www.howmuchisit.org...) Now, to bring up a new issue: The largest and most prominent example of a school uniform policy experiment in the United States is that of the Long Beach Unified School District, the third largest school district in California having 97,000 students in 90 public school programs, with 46 different languages spoken by local students: "The quantitative outcomes of the policy have been remarkable. Crime report summaries are now available for the five-year post-uniform policy period and reflect that school crime overall has dropped approximately 86%, even though K-8 student enrollment increased 14%. The five categories of school crime where comparisons can be made between 1993 levels and 1999 levels are as follows: (a) sex offenses down 93% (from 57 to 4 offenses); (b) robbery/extortion down 85% (from 34 to 5 cases); " selling or using chemical substances down 48% (from 71 to 37 cases); (d) weapons or look-a-likes down 75% (from 145 to 36 cases); and (e) dangerous devices down 96% (from 46 to 2 cases; LBUSD, 1999). " Analysis of attendance figures has also provided interesting outcomes for the uniform initiative. In the fourth year that school uniforms have been required in K-8 grades, the percent of actual attendance reached almost 95%, noted as the highest point in the 18 years that the district has maintained statistics. Middle schools also registered comparable improvements in student attendance reaching almost 95% (LBUSD, 2002)." (http://factspluslogic.com...)