| Description |
1 online resource (157 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color). |
| Series |
Teen rights and freedoms |
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Gale eBooks
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Teen rights and freedoms.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
School dress codes, free speech, and the US courts: an overview / Michael A. Owsley -- Students have a right to free expression on clothing when it does not cause disruption / Abe Fortas -- Disruptive clothing is not linked to student behavior / Melinda Swafford, Lee Ann Jolley, and Leigh Southward -- Schools may not prohibit students from wearing the Confederate flag / Gilbert S. Merritt Jr. -- School dress codes are constitutional / Jeffrey S. Sutton -- School dress codes improve student behavior / Mike Knox -- A student argues against school dress codes as a solution to behavioral problems / David P. -- School dress codes repress students of color / Enrique C. Ochoa -- A student argues against dress codes at colleges and universities / Jonathan Wright -- Schools may restrict expression on clothing that attacks other students / Stephen Roy Reinhardt -- Uniforms in public schools are beneficial / Angela Walmsley -- Uniforms in public schools cannot be fairly enforced / Clair Schwan -- Sagging pants should be banned / Todd A. Smith -- A ban on sagging pants is discriminatory / Andrew Potter -- Schools have the right to prohibit messages on clothing / Jerry E. Smith -- Free expression on clothing is an important right for high school students / Greg Beato -- Cross dressing is a growing challenge for schools / Jan Hoffman. |
| Summary |
Examines a broad range of perceived or actual legal rights and freedoms that impact the lives of young American teens. This volume focuses on school dress code and the freedom of expression. |
| Subject |
Freedom of expression -- United States.
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Dress codes -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Students -- Civil rights -- United States.
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Students -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Espejo, Roman, 1977- editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dress. Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2012 9780737758238 (DLC) 2011043217 |
| ISBN |
9780737766066 (electronic book) |
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9780737758238 (hardcover) |
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0737758236 |
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