Black girls are disproportionately harmed by school dress codes, whether they’re ... that leaves room for interpretation, such as “appropriate attire” or “distracting.” ...

In stringent public school dress codes, some see vestiges of racist efforts to control the appearance of Black people dating back to slavery. In the 1700s, South Carolina’s “Negro Act” made it illegal ...

Cell phone bans, dress code changes – in some cases banning hoodies and all-black ... may not be appropriate or acceptable, he told WBRC. CNN reached out to Bessemer City High School ...

A mix-up between a Texas middle school and its district led to the implementation of a new dress code policy that prohibits students from wearing all black, as explained in a statement from the ...

The conversations around appropriate states of dress in the Black community are hitting again ... who lamented the fact that her school, Wiley College, has allegedly prohibited students from ...

A frustrated Arizona father stripped down to a belly-baring crop top and unnervingly taut jean shorts during a packed school board meeting to protest its lax dress code policy. Ira Latham removed ...

School dress code policies that target skirt ... “where Black girls’ bodies are perceived as more sexual and less appropriate, and therefore Black girls are more likely to experience dress ...

Charles Middle School has clarified its earlier ban on all-black outfits that angered some ... forward and proposed some ...

A mix-up between a Texas middle school and its district led to the implementation of a new dress code policy that prohibits students from wearing all black, as explained in a statement from the ...

Superintendent Stefan Czaporowski said that it was felt that a reminder was needed about what is and is not appropriate school attire. “Students were reminded about the dress code that exists.

In stringent public school dress codes, some see vestiges of racist efforts to control the appearance of Black people dating back to slavery. In the 1700s, South Carolina’s “Negro Act” made ...

For as long as schools have policed hairstyles as part of their dress codes, some students have seen the rules as attempts to deny their cultural and religious identities. Nowhere have school ...