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SCHOOL UNIFORMS AND STRICT DISCIPLINE « Teachers Fight Back

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SCHOOL UNIFORMS AND STRICT DISCIPLINE

The Chicago Tribune has written many stories about one of their favorite subjects, charter schools. The stories of inner city charter schools alway show pictures of students dressed in school uniforms and the students following strict rules and regulations. The stories quote teachers and principals who say the uniforms and discipline codes have made a world of difference compared to what goes on in the typical inner city public school.

Wow! What a surprise, uniforms and strict discipline helps. These people have a keen sense for the obvious. What a shame it took a whole generation of kids before this dawned on the reform geniuses.

Here is a description of how one school changed when uniforms and strict discipline were adopted. “Police