Dear CC!: Potential bullying problem?
Dear CC! Our school is merging with another local elementary school this year, nearly doubling our student population. While we’ve never had any serious bullying incidents in the past, I’m concerned...
View ArticleMake your training count!
Are you doing some summertime professional development or gearing up for fall in-service training? If so, with help from the National Staff Development Council, here are some tips for how to get the...
View ArticlePhotographer stands up to bullies
Jennifer McKendrick, a photographer from Indiana County, PA, became a Facebook celebrity in August when she refused to photograph school bullies for their senior portraits. The Huffington Post reports...
View ArticleLady Gaga’s latest project — an anti-bullying and youth education initiative
Pop megastar Lady Gaga has some new partners for her next big project, and they’re not the usual fashionistas and entertainers the outrageously dressed diva is known for. Instead, they’re educators,...
View ArticleBullying Incident on School Bus Reaches New Low
School bus monitor Karen Klein Across the country it seems people are finally becoming aware that bullying is a very serious problem in our schools. The latest, chilling incident was caught on video...
View ArticleBullying Led to Japanese Student’s Suicide
The tragic suicide of a 13-year-old boy in Otsu, Japan was most likely the result of systematic bullying by the boy’s classmates, and even his teachers, reports ABC News. Though the suicide occured...
View ArticleStudy Documents Frequent Bullying of Children With Autism
A recent article in Education Week sheds some light on our nation’s bullying epidemic as it relates to children with autism. The article focuses on a survey of 1,221 families with children who have...
View ArticleA New Way to Stop Bullying?
A women in Utah found a unique way to punish her soon-to-be stepdaughter for bullying a classmate. She made her wear vintage (ugly) clothes to school in order to teach her a lesson. Ally Olsen was...
View ArticleThe How-To Book for Bullies, and a Simple Kindness Rule for Kindergarteners
Recently, the public radio show This American Life aired its 500th episode, a roundup of staff favorites from over the years. One of the moments, from a 1996 broadcast of a show called “The Cruelty of...
View ArticleVIDEO: Cyberbullying Tips and Resources
This video from Common Sense Media includes a discussion on cyberbullying with Emily Bazelon, author of Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and...
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