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  • High School Bans Expensive Winter Coats to Stop 'Poverty-Shaming'

    11/18/2018 6:25:32 AM PST · by bgill · 115 replies
    USNEWS ^ | Nov. 16, 2018 | Alexa Lardieri
    A HIGH SCHOOL IN England has banned students from wearing expensive winter coats in an attempt to stop the shaming of those less fortunate or struggling financially. Woodchurch High School in Birkenhead, located in northwestern England, sent a letter to parents earlier this month announcing that the restriction would be enforced after Christmas. Rebekah Phillips, the head teacher at the school for students 11 to 16 years old, told CNN that she was "mindful that some young people put pressure on their parents to purchase expensive items of clothing," but that these jackets "cause a lot of inequality" between the...