Opinion
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North Carolina district considers skinny jeans ban. Students: No! No! No!

By Maureen Downey
May 19, 2016

There's no point in rehashing school dress codes. They don't work and are largely focused on girls, holding them responsible to make sure boys aren't distracted by a collar-bone or shoulder.

School dress codes waste everyone's time and are inconsistently applied. No evidence suggests kids do better academically under stricter dress codes. (See my recent post on a crackdown gone wrong.)

With that said, I admire New Hanover County Schools in North Carolina for putting the question of banning skinny jeans -- unless paired with a long top -- to its students via Twitter. And I love the responses.

Here are a few of my favorites:

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Maureen Downey has written editorials and opinion pieces about local, state and federal education policy since the 1990s.

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