Shaler Area School District unveiled a new graduation gown with colors and features that are the same for all students. The gown is a navy robe with white and red fabric on the cuffs, which is paired ...

COLUMBIA, Md. (WJZ) -- It's a proud day for any parent -- seeing their son or daughter walk across the stage to receive their high school diploma -- but one Maryland county is changing a tradition ...

Timberlane Regional High School won’t be switching to one graduation gown color after all. After much discussion among students and school leaders, Superintendent Earl Metzler said the school will be ...

The discussion of changes from the traditional blue gowns worn by boys and white gowns worn by girls for Shaler Area High School graduation to something more inclusive brought many opinions from both ...

A transgender student in Red Lion caught headlines recently when ACLU of Pennsylvania took up the issue of what color gown the student would wear at graduation, among other things. Issak Wolfe wanted ...

EAST SETAUKET, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) -- More than 100 students at a Long Island high school held a walkout this week to protest a change in the color of the graduation gowns. For 50 years, female students ...

Rite of passage or trampling on minority rights? Dracut High School, like many others across the state and nation, finds itself faced with trying to balance long-standing practices in light of society ...

NORTON SHORES, Mich. (WOOD) — The decision to change a longtime tradition at Mona Shores High School sparked controversy among students this week. The issue is over the color of the gowns for ...

No matter what color your graduation robe is, it's bound to match with this oh-so-pretty square neck dress. It features a lined bust and skirt, puff long sleeves that can be worn on or off the ...

The pomp and circumstance of graduation stirs up all sorts of sentiment, but more than a few students each year are chafing because their high schools sort cap-and-gown colors by gender. They say the ...

Rhode Island students of color are attending college in greater numbers than ever in the state's history, but the share of those earning college degrees continues to lag that of their white peers.

Should graduation gowns be gender neutral? That’s the debate going on right now at Braintree High School. A group of students have petitioned district leaders to use just one color for their ...