Editing School uniform (section)

=== Positives ===
[[File:Pupils from Raynes Park High School in south-west London receive a -ShapetheFuture competition runners-up certificate from Justine Greening (14503685759).jpg|thumb|Students in school uniform in the UK]]
[[File:Hurso_Ethiopia_choir_2003.jpg|thumb|Ethiopian school children]]
[[File:High school students, SAS Pudong.jpg|thumb|[[Student]]s of different nationalities at an [[international school]] in [[Shanghai]], China, 2017. The school does not have a uniform.]]

Advocates of uniforms have proposed several reasons supporting their implementation and claiming their success in schools. Advocates believe that uniforms affect student safety by decreasing student victimization, gang activity, and fights.<ref name="faculty.unlv.edu">Brunsma, David L., and Kerry A. Rockquemore. "Effects of Student Uniforms on Attendance, Behavior Problems, Substance Use, and Academic Achievement." The Journal of Educational Research 92.1 (1998): 53-62. Web. 31 March 2015. https://faculty.unlv.edu/sloe/Courses/EPY%20702/Class%20Exercises/Lecture%201%20Materials/Articles/Brunsma%20et%20al.%20(1998).pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305044251/https://faculty.unlv.edu/sloe/Courses/EPY |date=5 March 2016 }}</ref> There has been no concrete evidence of this, and studies by Ohio State University and others showed that uniforms did not increase test scores, grades, or focus. However, attendance increased by less than half of a day. The students felt even less of a sense of belonging at a school with uniforms.<ref name="OSUStudy">{{cite web |url=https://news.osu.edu/school-uniforms-dont-improve-child-behavior-study-finds/ |title=School uniforms don't improve child behavior, study finds |date=2021-12-20 |first1=Jeff |last1=Grabmeier |website=osu.edu}}</ref>

Kathleen Wade conducted an experiment to see if bullying and gang presence was higher in uniform or non-uniform schools. The research was done with multiple schools where she gave a questionnaire to both students and faculty to see if there was a significant difference. Her results showed that bullying and gang presence significantly decreases with students wearing school uniforms.<ref name="doi.org">Wade, K. K., & Stafford, M. E. (2003). Public School Uniforms: Effect on Perceptions of Gang Presence, School Climate, and Student Self-Perceptions. Education and Urban Society, 35(4), 399–420. http://doi.org/10.1177/0013124503255002</ref>
*Differentiating strangers from students in school buildings

For example, in the first year of the mandatory uniform policy in Long Beach, California, officials reported that fighting in schools decreased by more than 50%, assault and battery by 34%, sex offenses by 74%, and robbery by 66%.<ref name="doi.org"/> However the district also added other safety measures like security guards so the success cannot be attributed to the uniforms solely. 

Advocates also believe that uniforms increase student learning and positive attitudes toward school through:

*Enhanced learning environments
*Heightened school pride
*Increased student achievement
*High levels of preparedness
*Conformity to organizational goals

Currently, pros of school uniforms center around how uniforms affect school environments. Advocates say that uniforms may create a safe learning environment for students to help them focus on school work and can lead them to great academic accomplishments. Students who wear school uniforms may not feel anxious or nervous about peer pressure in buying new clothes to fit in or being teased by other classmates.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Cui, Y., Fang, X., & Zhou, H |date=January 2018 |title=Green design and sustainable development of school uniforms |journal=IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering |volume=301 |issue=1|page=012122 |doi=10.1088/1757-899X/301/1/012122 |bibcode=2018MS&E..301a2122C |s2cid=169699231 |doi-access=free }}</ref> Proponents have found a significant positive impact on school climate, safety, and students' self-perception from the implementation of uniforms.

However, though modern studies and tests prove uniforms did not increase test scores, behavior, bullying, focus and attendance barely increased.<ref name="OSUStudy"/>