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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Good info here on the history of school uniforms, why they started being implemented in the US in the 90s, and a list of pros and cons.  I'm pretty much in the cons category, particularly for reasons 4, 5, 6, and 12, which have also been discussed here.

https://school-uniforms.procon.org/[/quote]

Thanks for sharing, lots of food for thought.  I found myself very much into the pros category, but then I went to a local school in the UK for several years as a kid, and liked wearing a strict-as-Harry-Potter uniform there.  
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PP here.  Sure, but the UK is very different.  My spouse grew up there, and doesn't care either way about uniforms, similar to you.  However, in the American context, schools that are majority minority and urban are much more likely to have a uniform policy, which to me seems unfair, especially given that the research is at best mixed on whether uniforms accomplish what they were intended to do here--that is, lead to improvements in academics, behavior, family financial burden, etc.  I also don't like that the dividing line for uniforms in the same school system is Rock Creek Park--it just seems strange that kids are one side are free to where what they want, while kids on the other (majority minority) side must comply with a uniform policy.[/quote]

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