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Here are a few of the periodicals that I plan on using. I am still in the process of researching others that may be useful.

Carol Motsinger
Ironing out policies on school uniforms
USA Today
8/6/07

David Brunsma
School uniforms
School Administrator
10/1/05

Sue Doyle
What to Wear? Schools mull whether to keep uniform policy
Daily News (Los Angeles CA)
01/11/06

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One of the methods that I plan to use to gather information will be a interview. I plan on interviews a faculity member at Cherry Creek Academy. Cherry Creek Academy is a charter school within the Cherry Creek School District. They require that all students (K - 8th) wear school uniforms. Some of the questions that I plan on asking are: why is the school a safer environment for the students; is there a direct corraltion with school uniforms and the students grades, what disadvantages has the school seen by their students wearing uniforms. I am still developing follow up questions to ask. I also plan on interviewing a student who attends a school where uniforms are not required. The main questions that I plan to ask are: if they were required to wear a school uniform what benefits would they believe they would see, what disadvantages would there be. I am still working on follow up questions. I also plan on researching past radio programs on the subject. I have heard this topic being discussed on the radio.

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This is only the beginning of my research for books. I am finding it quite difficult to find actual books that have been written on the subject. I plan on visiting the local library this weekend and asking for help. Although this is incomplete as required I did want to put out what I had found.

Author: United States Dept. of Education/Dept. of Justice
Title: Manual on school uniforms
Publisher: U.S. Department of Education
Date of publication: 1996

Author: Brunsma, David L.
Title: The school uniform movement and what it tells us about American education
Publisher: ScarecrowEducation
Date of publication: 2004

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Narrowing my topic. Based on the recommendations/comments I feel that my topic is narrowed. I plan on doing my research on U.S. schools only. Thanks to those who provided comments and recommendations.

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Benefits – welfare, gain, profit
Disadvantages – disfavor
Unity – integrity, wholeness, oneness
Personal – identity
Grade – order, place, range, rank, rate, mark, score
Uniform – unvarying, consistent, single, undifferentiated
Self esteem – self pride, dignity, self regard, self respect


I used mostly Word Source for this assignment. By reading the true definitions of each word in the title of my research project I was able to gain a better understanding. I feel that by using the synonymous and the other methods of researching it enabled me to find a few more possible research sites. I believe that this assignment is valuable not only for this research but research in general.

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Who benefits if students are required to wear uniforms?
Would violence in schools be affected if students were required to wear uniforms?
What benefits to the students, community and school are there to wearing uniforms?
Could the community benefits from schools that have students wear uniforms?
What are social pressures of students who wear uniforms?
What are the costs of students wearing school uniforms?
What are the educational benefits of students wearing school uniforms?
How would parents feel about their child being required to wear a uniform to school?
How would the student feel about being required to wear a uniform?
What schools are most school uniforms being worn?

What benefits to the students, community and school are there to wearing school uniforms?

Benefits: increased focus
drop in violence
school and community pride
cost
relief of some peer pressure


While we cannot argue that school grades are dropping and violence rising would making it mandatory for school to have students wear school uniforms stop unnecessary violence, increase the focus of the students and relieve peer pressure felt by students?