school dress code by Jack Burleson https://padlet.com/jack_burleson/z70c3d8xsre1 Made with a stroke of good luck en-us 2017-10-16 13:13:50 UTC 2017-10-17 13:20:10 UTC hello@padlet.com Then, for two days in a row, her daughter, who is 5 feet 7 inches tall, was told she violated the school's dress code for wearing shorts that were too short: They are supposed to be longer than students' fingertips when they have their arms at their sides. She had to put on boys' gym shorts instead and return to class. jack_burleson https://padlet.com/jack_burleson/z70c3d8xsre1/wish/197328073 Wallace, Kelly. “Do School Dress Codes Body-Shame Girls?” CNN, Cable News Network, 2017, www.cnn.com/2017/05/30/health/school-dress-codes-body-shaming-girls-parenting/index.html. |
]]> 2017-10-16 13:23:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jack_burleson/z70c3d8xsre1/wish/197328073 Student dress codes recently made headlines because several groups of students—predominately girls—began to question and protest school dress codes because they thought the policies were unfair. Their words quickly traveled via social media and news articles. The young spokeswomen said that: (1) the dress codes unfairly target girls and transgender students; (2) they send a message to girls that if they are harassed by boys, it is their fault; (3) they feel judged and shamed by the dress codes; and (4) that a different standard is applied to girls who are more curvy and developed than other girls. jack_burleson https://padlet.com/jack_burleson/z70c3d8xsre1/wish/197760011 “What's Fair and Unfair About Student Dress Codes?” Anti-Defamation League, www.adl.org/education/resources/tools-and-strategies/table-talk/whats-fair-and-unfair-about-student-dress-codes.]]> 2017-10-17 13:11:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jack_burleson/z70c3d8xsre1/wish/197760011 “All students should be able to dress comfortably for school and engage in the educational environment without fear of or actual unnecessary discipline or body shaming,” the code states in its “values” section. jack_burleson https://padlet.com/jack_burleson/z70c3d8xsre1/wish/197762844 McCombs, Emily. “Sexist School Dress Codes Are A Problem, And Oregon May Have The Answer.” The Huffington Post, TheHuffingtonPost.com, June 2017, www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sexist-school-dress-codes-and-the-oregon-now-model_us_59a6cd7ee4b00795c2a318e5. |


]]> 2017-10-17 13:16:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jack_burleson/z70c3d8xsre1/wish/197762844 It begins: “Staff shall enforce the dress code consistently and in a manner that does not reinforce or increase marginalization or oppression of any group based on race, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, cultural observance, household income or body type/size.” jack_burleson https://padlet.com/jack_burleson/z70c3d8xsre1/wish/197764625 Stevens, Heidi. “Evanston Township High School Adopts a Kinder, Gentler Dress Code Where Leggings Are OK.” Chicagotribune.com, 2017, www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/stevens/ct-life-stevens-friday-evanston-dress-code-0825-story.html.]]> 2017-10-17 13:18:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jack_burleson/z70c3d8xsre1/wish/197764625