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Dress codes... They're meant to help create a healthy learning environment for each student, but are some dress code policies doing more harm than good?

SOURCES:

https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/fashion/08cross.html

https://rethinkingschools.org/articles/girls-against-dress-codes/

https://www.insider.com/school-dress-code-rules-controversy-2018-8#a-seventh-grade-girl-was-allegedly-asked-to-cover-up-a-t-shirt-that-a-teacher-found-offensive-her-parents-say-the-shirt-sends-an-anti-discriminatory-message-1

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/10/school-dress-codes-are-problematic/410962/

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