School dress codes are implemented to ensure clothing is appropriate and not a distraction from the learning environment. But how far should a school dress code go to determine an outfit's ...

As a male special education teacher and IEP coordinator in a rural Missouri high school, Mike Ryan said he has to walk a “very fine line” discussing attire with female students. Enforcing the dress ...

A Clovis Unified dress code strictly enforced on the first day of school has upset several parents who claim girls were body-shamed and unfairly called out for wearing shorts. Much of the issue stems ...

When Riley O’Keefe, a freshman at Bartram Trail High School in St. Johns, Florida got her yearbook for the 2020-21 school year, she flipped to her page to find that a black box had been added over her ...

Longtime readers know I am not a fan of school dress codes, which almost always focus on what girls wear and lead to girls missing class because they expose too much shoulder or thigh. Here is a guest ...

Public schools in New York will soon have to abide by new citywide dress code rules. On Thursday, New York City Council approved legislation that will require the New York State Education Department ...

When parents send their kids back to school each year, they make sure they have the essentials: ample school supplies, a fresh backpack, and, of course, new clothes for the year ahead. But sometimes, ...

JACKSON, Miss. — Today, the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Mississippi filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) against Harrison County ...

There are some new changes to the dress code policy for all New York City public school students that parents and students should know about before the school year starts. The New York City Council ...

Problematic dress codes that target girls and women are nothing new. In fact, according to Education Week, 90% of dress codes ban clothing associated with girls. But one school took this to a new ...

A Mississippi teenager will miss her high school graduation on Saturday after a federal judge ruled that the school district could prohibit her from wearing clothes that align with her gender identity ...

Long, voluminous skirts; sleek mermaid silhouettes; and plenty of sequins — more than 3,000 prom dresses in a range of colors, hung on racks by the entrance of a room at Hynes Convention Center on ...