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Most Americam public elementary schools are the schools maintained by each of the 50 states. Each are part of the separate educational systems maintained by the states. None of these state educational systems require school uniforms. The clothes worn to school were simply a reflection of contemprary children's fashions. Most schoolsby the 1950s , however, did have dress codes. Individual schools, however, in the 1990s began instituting voluntary school uniforms. This has been most common in inner-city schools. Besides the state elementary schools, there are some schools maintained by the national or Federal Government. These included schools on military bases and on native American reservations.
Most Americam public elementary schools are the schools maintained by each of the 50 states. Actually there are more than 50 as U.S. territories like the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico also have public school systems. Each are part of the separate educational systems maintained by the states. None of these state educational systems require school uniforms. The clothes worn to school were simply a reflection of contemprary children's fashions. Most schoolsby the 1950s , however, did have dress codes. Individual schools, however, in the 1990s began instituting voluntary school uniforms. This has been most common in inner-city schools.
Besides the state elementary schools, there are some schools maintained by the national or Federal Government. These included schools on military bases and on native American reservations.
The schools on military basses in America and overseas are little different than the schools administered by the various states. There are no school uniforms. The children wear their normal clothes, although there are generally dress codes.
Native Americans have attended various schools in American. The most common were schools established on reservations. I don't know a great deal about these schools. Some were establised by missionaries. Others were established by the Federal Government. They were run for years by the Federal Governments Bureau of Indian Affairs. Boarding schools were also established which took Indian children from their parents and attempted to educate them to accept the the cultural values of main-stram America. The great Jim Thorpe attended one of these schools.
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