Is there research to support a relationship between uniforms and academic performance?
Long Beach, California, the first city in the United States to require uniforms in elementary and middle schools, found improved school attendance, better academic performance and better school spirit (JoBeth McDaniel in Reader’s Digest, 1996). According to the Kansas City, KS, Public Schools web site, “Principals have stated that research supports evidence of the positive impact school uniforms have on academic climate.