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<h3>Whether schools should mandate a uniform is a controversial issue. Some believe wearing the same clothes smooths out inequality.</h3>
<h2>Others see uniforms as authoritarian; believing them a symbol of repression, stifling freedom of thought and individuality.</h2>
<p>We asked five experts from various fields whether school uniforms should be compulsory. Rather surprisingly, among the experts at least, there was little division.</p>
<h3>Four out of five experts said no</h3>
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<p><strong><em>Here are their detailed responses:</em></strong></p>
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<p><em>If you have a “yes or no” education question you’d like posed to Five Experts, email your suggestion to: sasha.petrova@theconversation.edu.au</em></p>
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<p><em>Disclosures: Renae Barker is the Diocesan Advocate of the Anglian Diocese of Bunbury and advises the Bishop, Bishop in Council, Trustees and Synod on matters of Church law.</em><!-- Below is The Conversation's page counter tag. Please DO NOT REMOVE. --><img style="border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; margin: 0 !important; max-height: 1px !important; max-width: 1px !important; min-height: 1px !important; min-width: 1px !important; opacity: 0 !important; outline: none !important; padding: 0 !important; text-shadow: none !important;" src="https://counter.theconversation.com/content/121935/count.gif?distributor=republish-lightbox-basic" alt="The Conversation" width="1" height="1" /><!-- End of code. If you don't see any code above, please get new code from the Advanced tab after you click the republish button. The page counter does not collect any personal data. More info: http://theconversation.com/republishing-guidelines --></p>
<h6><a href="https://theconversation.com/au/team#sasha-petrova">Sasha Petrova</a>, Section Editor: Education, <em><a href="http://www.theconversation.com/">The Conversation. </a></em>This article is republished from <a href="http://theconversation.com">The Conversation</a> under a Creative Commons license. Read the <a href="https://theconversation.com/should-school-uniforms-be-compulsory-we-asked-five-experts-121935">original article</a>.</h6>

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