One Teacher's Perspective: Dressing Up and Dressing Down Teachers

One Teacher's Perspective: Dressing Up and Dressing Down Teachers:

Dressing Up and Dressing Down Teachers

by Imagine Wisconsin

Much ado has been made about a proposed teacher dress code for my school district as non-teacher leaders formulate a new employee handbook to replace the expiring teacher contract.

A few weeks ago, school leaders unveiled a three-page draft of a proposed dress code for school employees to replace the current one-line (“wear appropriate dress”) policy. The proposed draft has been met with some push back from educators. The push back has been met with some push back. The teacher dissent is viewed as much ado about nothing by some school leaders. The dressing up of teachers is also a dressing down.

Undoubtedly, the employee handbook discussions distract all of us from the eightball of school reform. Nonetheless, between nothing and the eight ball is a worthwhile