Napoleon, for example, attended ones. Military schools were well established in America by the Civil War. Attitudes toward the schools differef greatly from country to country. Interestingly, England, the country with the most extensive boarding school system appears to have had very few military shools. The Merits of School Uniforms Schools around the world have taken many different approaches to the dress od school children.
Some countries have national polices.
Others have no policies at all. Whereever theybhave existed they have proven surprisingly controversial. Often the same arguments arev used by both sides of the debate, such as cost. Now the debate has spread to America, where uniforms have traditionally been resisted. Many Americans are beginning to see the school uniform as one way of addressing thevproblems of public education.