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School Uniforms for the Day Care Set a Growing Trend

by Mary Beth Sammons, Posted Apr 28th 2011 2:30PM

At what age should kids start wearing school uniforms? Credit: Getty
Note to parents: Add khaki pull-ups, polo shirts and navy skorts to the boxes of tissues, paint smocks and juice boxes on your toddler's school supply checklist.
...Do toddlers need to wear school uniforms at preschool? Some are saying yes.
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British Retailer Offers Clothes for the Horizontally-Challenged Child

by Tom Henderson, Posted Jul 26th 2010 11:53AM

Perhaps you're familiar with the French cookies known as Le Petit Ecolier (translation: The Little Schoolboy). Across the channel in Great Britain, the name might have to be changed to Le Grande Ecolier. A number of schoolboys have apparently ...
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ParentDish's Top 10 School Uniform Moments in Pop Culture

by Lesley Kennedy, Posted Feb 23rd 2010 10:00AM

School uniforms get a boost from pop culture. Credit: Getty
Is the school uniform becoming the latest tween and teen fashion trend? You bet your plaid shirt and navy blazer. At least that's the word from French Toast, a supplier of school ...
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Update: Dress Code Sends Irate Parents To School Board

by Tom Henderson, Posted Aug 27th 2009 4:40PM

Hundreds of parents hurled everything from chants to legal threats at the Richmond School Board in Indiana Wednesday over a revised dress code they say suspends students for wearing so much as stripes or floral prints. Kindergarten and first-grade ...
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Dreading school shopping? Try uniforms!

by Rachel Campos-Duffy, Posted Aug 5th 2008 8:00AM

With the start of the school year rapidly approaching, many parents are dreading the annual ritual of school clothes shopping. First, they'll spend hours scouring the Internet and newspaper for sales and deals to fit their shrinking budgets. Then ...
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Students wear Hitler youth buttons, claim free speech

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Dec 6th 2006 8:04AM

Students at a New Jersey middle school have been wearing Hitler youth buttons in protest of mandatory school uniforms. After being threatened with suspension, the boys stopped wearing the buttons, but their parents have filed a lawsuit against the ...
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Public school uniforms: A good idea?

by Jay Allen, Posted Jan 10th 2006 12:02PM

A controversial vote recently failed to pass muster among parents whose kids attend Mariner Middle School in Cape Coral, Florida. The proposal? School uniforms. The second vote on the issue faced an uphill battle, and fell short of the 80 percent ...
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