Peterson recommends a few basic rules for recent graduates starting a job search. Peterson also reminds students to use the Career Services Office. Coupled with other reform initiatives, requiring Philadelphia schoolchildren to wear uniforms could have a positive impact on school climates, says Temple urban education professor Erin McNamara Horvat . And uniforms send kids and parents a message that they are going to school. It's kind of like putting on a game face.
Uniforms also can build a sense of school pride.
But Horvat says uniforms are just one in a series of steps school officials need to take toward improving schools. There's no silver bullet. Uniforms can be positive when coupled with other reforms. This Week at Temple . Challenges in the New Millennium , a day long conference that includes workshops and a keynote address by U.S. Congressman Chaka Fattah.