A great (if a bit dense) editorial today in the News-Journal explains exactly why uniforms are not the solution to what ails our schools:
No, Meaningless Frock
Some extremely relevant points made by Mr. Tristam in the editorial include:
"With next year's election season approaching, the board needed an artificial issue to make it look decisive. Uniforms are it."
"Masking society's inequalities and prejudices by donning a uniform, instead of confronting them head on, teaches children deception and evasion as much as it may give them a break from feeling superior or inferior. It's trading one vice for another."
"My objection to uniforms isn't that they're irrelevant, but that they give schools an added presumption of authority and regimentation that schools aren't entitled to, and pupils don't deserve -- legal and academic fad in favor of treating pupils like wards of their schools notwithstanding..."
I highly recommend a read-through of the piece. It's a very interesting trip through an alternative viewpoint for those who are pro-uniforms.
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