In President Bill Clinton's state of the union address on January 23, 1996 he issued the following challenge to public schools across the nation:
I challenge all our schools to teach character education: to teach good values and good citizenship. And if that means that teenagers will stop killing each other over designer jackets, then our public schools should be able to require the students to wear uniforms. (Silva)
With this quote in mind, I challenge the public schools and President Bill Clinton
to show me concrete data that proves that uniforms will decrease or eliminate violence and killings at school. In my research, the data is simply not out there to support this idea. First off, all of the studies that have been conducted have been at the elementary level, not necessarily at the secondary level where the majority of the violence and gang activity lies. …
