The dress code in public schooling has been a controversial issue lately, both in Massachusetts and nation-wide. I feel some type of dress code would cut down some of the everyday problems that schools have today. A dress code in public schooling would be a good idea because it would reduce violence, eliminate the problem of wearing hats or jackets in school, and make school more of an academic atmosphere, and less of a social …showed first 75 words of 797 total…

…showed last 75 words of 797 total…It's OK now. You don't have to waste time finding clothes' (Shedden 2). They feel, as I do, a dress code eliminates the hassle of deciding which clothes to wear or buy for school.         Although most people are for the dress code, some oppose it. Civil Liberties Union states that the uniforms punish low-income families by forcing them to buy special outfits when their children might otherwise have worn hand-me-downs or clothes from discount stores (Pertman 2).