Uniforms in Public Schools : A Decade of Research And Debate

List of Tables and Figures vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Evaluating Public School Uniforms—A Decade of Research xi David L. Brunsma Part 1: School Uniforms in Elementary Schools 1 The Influence of a Mandatory School Uniform Policy in a Rural and an Urban School District 3(10) Sharon S. Pate 2 Studying Public Elementary School Uniform Policies With Small Samples: Promises and Perils From Rural Pennsylvania 13(38) David L. Brunsma Part 2: School Uniforms in Middle Schools 3 Effects of Mandated School Uniforms on Student Attendance, Discipline Referrals, and Classroom Environment 51(28) Eloise Hughes 4 School Uniforms in Middle Schools: Enhancing Identity and Security 79(36) Linda Abel Fosseen 5 Student Uniforms and School Climate: The Urban Middle School Teacher's Perception 115(22) Winston. H. Tucker III Part 3: School Uniforms: Critical and Comparative Processes 6 School Dress Codes and Uniforms: Perspectives on Wearing Uniforms in Korea and the United States 137(14) Yunhee Kim and Marilyn DeLong 7 The Implementation and Impact of Mandatory School Uniforms in Long Beach, California 151(34) Viktoria Stamison Postscript: Looking Back, Looking Ahead—On the Future of Educational Research and Training 185(6) Bart A. Reynolds References 191(18) Index 209(4) About the Editor and Contributors 213