David l brunsma biography of albert

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David l brunsma biography of albert

1 School Uniform Policies in Public Schools The school uniform movement continues to grow despite research indicating that it doesn’t do what it’s supposed to do. Principal- A Healthy Child- Special Section » Volume 85 Number 3, January/February 2006 » page(s) 50-53 by David L.

Brunsma The decade was the 1980s, a time when superficiality and consumption were woven deeply into our culture, and when A Nation at Risk warned that “the educational foundations of our society are presently being eroded by a rising tide of mediocrity…” It was in this climate that Washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry, citing the example of the city’s successful Catholic schools, first discussed the possibility of a standardized dress code for the city’s public schools.

Nothing came of the idea, but in 1987 Baltimore’s predominantly black Cherry Hill Elementary School implemented the first publicized uniform policy as