Editing School uniform (section)

===Effects of uniforms on students===
[[File:Uwabaki.jpg|thumb|left|In many Japanese schools, students take off their outdoor shoes and wear ''[[uwabaki]]'', an indoor soft slipper.]]

The case study of the Long Beach Unified School District was the study of the first large, urban school in the United States to implement a uniform policy. In 1994, mandatory school uniforms were implemented for the districts elementary and middle schools as a strategy to address the students' behavior issues. The district simultaneously implemented a longitudinal study to research the effects of the uniforms on student behavior. The study attributed favorable student behavioral changes and a significant drop in school discipline issues to the mandatory uniform policy. Wearing school uniforms was associated with fewer absences and truancies and fewer referrals to the office for behavior problems. Suspensions and expulsions were reduced by 28% (elementary) and 36% (middle school), crime and vandalism by 74% (elementary) and 18% (middle school). However the school district also added other security measures such as security guards, 
and metal detectors so the success cannot be solely attributed to the uniforms. The district later removed the uniforms.<ref name="nmu.edu">Reed, Joshua B. "Effects of a School Uniform Policy on an Urban School District." Northern Michigan University. N.p., 1 August 2011. Web. 19 April 2015. https://www.nmu.edu/sites/DrupalEducation/files/UserFiles/Files/Pre-Drupal/SiteSections/Students/GradPapers/Projects/Reed_Joshua_MP.pdf 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> 
[[File:Mr. Shake Amargosa.jpg|thumb|Brazilian primary school students with their teacher]]
Other research found that uniforms were not an effective deterrent to decrease truancy, did not decrease behavior problems, decrease substance use, and in fact may be associated with poorer student achievement relative to students not required to wear school uniforms.<ref name="Brunsma, David L. 1998" />

Brunsma stated that despite the inconclusiveness of the effects of uniforms, they became more common because "this is an issue of children's rights, of social control, and one related to increasing racial, class and gender inequalities in our schools."<ref name=Northen>{{cite news |author=Northen, Stephanie |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2011/jan/18/school-uniform-results
|title=School uniform does not improve results – discuss |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=18 January 2011 |access-date=25 February 2017}}</ref>