6-3. "No Hats" Rule

1. Rules MUST make sense.

2. Are the hats disruptive to learning?

YES when they are part of a gang's dress code.
NO when they are used by individual students.

NOT all homes. Many (Native) families wear hats in the house. What assumptions do we have concerning wearing hats? Are they correct? relevant? When is wearing hats in a house inappropriate?

WEARING HATS IS SITUATIONALLY DEPENDENT

School Rule = NO hats

Classroom Rule = CAN wear hats

Let's say a teacher believes STRONGLY that students have a "right" to
wear hats in school, and the school policy is "NO HATS!"
There are many examples where adults disagree: abortion, mercy killing,
smoking, etc....What messages is this teacher sending to students by
allowing them to wear hats in the classroom when it is against school
rules? Is that what we want to teach to students?

            POSITIVE                  NEGATIVE