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[quote=Anonymous]Whenever I go to the Goodwill up on South Dakota Ave, I notice a bunch of uniform components for sale for peanuts on the kids racks.  The sort of basic uniforms worn in DC schools aren't more expensive than other clothes, and most public schools are flexible about how the kids wear them (really just a color code).  In a diverse school, uniforms can really help level the playing field in how a mixed group of high SES and low SES kids dress.  Moreover, they get help kids get into business mode as they get ready for school - I put on my uniform and now it's time to focus and behave.

There's a reason that most schools in the UK and the British Commonwealth countries, both government and independent, have always gone with strict school uniforms, and it's not because they're pointless.

Uniforms are catching on around the US these days because they're practical, and not just in urban centers.  My sibling's children wear uniforms at their upscale public school in FL - their school system just adopted them for the first time.[/quote]

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