K-12 Education Announcement
Preface: An Update on Student Rights and School Responsibilities
Acknowledgement
Chapter 1: What to Wear to School? Student Choice and School Restrictions: The Controversy
Chapter 2: The First Amendment: Student Appearance and Expressive Conduct
Chapter 3: The Clothes are the Message
Chapter 4: Symbols: The Confederate Battle Flag in the Public Schools
Chapter 5: Targeted Messages on Students’ Clothing: Drugs, Firearms, and Politics
Chapter 6: Clothing Messages About Sex, Abortion, and Sexual Orientation
Chapter 7: Gendered Dress Codes: “Your Skirt is too Short: It is a Distraction.”
Chapter 8: Braids, Locs, and Hairstyles: Grooming Codes
Chapter 9: School Uniforms: The Mandated Appearance
Chapter 10: Policy Implications of Student Dress and Grooming Codes: Balancing Rights and Responsibilities
Appendix A Example Dress Code
Appendix B Example of Gender Neutral Dress Code
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