Uniforms In Public School Quality education is critical to the future of America's children. However, we cannot educate our children in schools where weapons, gang violence, and drugs threaten their safety. Research has shown that some students resort to violence and theft simply to obtain designer clothes or name brand shoes, it is no ... in the number of teachers that patrolled the hallways during class changes. In Baltimore, Maryland, school administrators found a 44% drop in assault and battery charges, a 50% reduction in assault with a deadly weapon, a 41% cut in occurrences of fighting...

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... reenact his version. Psychiatrist Eileen Vizard met with Robert and brought some dolls that represented the primary characters in the crime. There was also a railroad track laid out and miniature weapons that were used in the assault. As Robert picked up the dolls and moved them through the motions of the murder, he demonstrated how the "Jon doll- senselessly beat the ... by one, and confirmed the boys' route. Many changed their story from their original police statements, in response to the guilt that they had not done something to stop the deadly march. A cabby testified that he saw J...

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... legally. They are stealing them or in many cases buying them on the black market. The number of illegal guns in circulation has turned record numbers of everyday encounters into deadly ones. Headlines change daily, but still chillingly report the same thing. In Washington D.C. a fifteen year old is shot by his best friend. In New Haven, Connecticut, a fourteen year old is ... schools. Gun awareness programs that teach youth the dangers and consequences of guns are being added to the school curriculum. People in America don't realize that focusing solely on the weapons obscures the under...

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Quality education is critical to the future of America's children. However, we cannot educate our children in schools where weapons, gang violence, and drugs, threaten their safety. Many local school districts have made uniforms an important part of an overall program to improve school safety and discipline. Students resort to ... public schools, administrators began to consider uniforms as a solution to the problem. In Baltimore, Maryland, school administrators found a 44% drop in assault and battery charges, a 50% reduction in assault with a deadly weapon, a 41% cut in occurrences of fight...

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