According to Happel, a school may implement a dress code to comply with the principle of such rules, however “...studies suggest that there is no significant impact on these [the overall school environment and student achievement] through the introduction of uniforms” (94). If there is no significant impact, then why are more and more schools instituting dress codes every school year? The answer lies behind the false morality of administration that suggests that an enforced standard of “modesty”, set by such administration and enforced as it sees fit, protects the students from themselves. Educational systems were founded to help train future generations, and a major aspect of achieving this goal is enabling the students to have a productive learning environment. To attain this learning environment, rules are implemented for the “good of the individual”. In Goodman’s article “School discipline in moral disarray”, he reveals the faulty reasoning behind such
According to Happel, a school may implement a dress code to comply with the principle of such rules, however “...studies suggest that there is no significant impact on these [the overall school environment and student achievement] through the introduction of uniforms” (94). If there is no significant impact, then why are more and more schools instituting dress codes every school year? The answer lies behind the false morality of administration that suggests that an enforced standard of “modesty”, set by such administration and enforced as it sees fit, protects the students from themselves. Educational systems were founded to help train future generations, and a major aspect of achieving this goal is enabling the students to have a productive learning environment. To attain this learning environment, rules are implemented for the “good of the individual”. In Goodman’s article “School discipline in moral disarray”, he reveals the faulty reasoning behind such