Mar
10

School scraps cell phone jammer program (WA)

Mike Tully on March 10th, 2009

SPOKANE, Wash. – Just days after testing a cell phone jammer designed to block students from calling and texting during class, a Spokane area school has scrapped the program. Administrators at Mt. Spokane High School used the jammer during class periods last week to prevent students from texting. The jammer blocked all cell phone service [...]

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Mar
10

School heads called parents in cyberbully case (CA)

Mike Tully on March 10th, 2009

Harassment occurred off campus so jurisdiction unclear, officials say   by Chris Kenrick Palo Alto Online Staff In a recent incident in which local teens “cyberbullied” a fellow Palo Alto student, school district officials said they helped remove the offending website and notified the parents of “six or eight” perpetrators who are students at Gunn [...]

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Mar
10

Cyberspace bullying proliferates at colleges (NJ)

Mike Tully on March 10th, 2009

Bullying may seem like a grade school problem, but Ellen Kraft knows how the Internet has extended its reach. A professor in the business school at The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Kraft has been studying bullying in its newest form – cyberbullying – and how the schoolyard bully can easily reach into college [...]

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Mar
10

College life drove daughters to self-harm, say parents (Australia)

Mike Tully on March 10th, 2009

The school prospectus told them their daughters “deserve the Roseville experience”, but for Grant and Gloria Mears that experience allegedly involved sub-standard academic results, school bullying and self-harm. Mr and Mrs Mears pulled three of their daughters out of the exclusive Roseville College in early 2007, saying it was responsible for their eldest daughter, Anna, [...]

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Mar
10

Homophobic bullies ‘not challenged’ (UK)

Mike Tully on March 10th, 2009

Homophobic bullying is rife in Britain’s schools according to teachers, with many incidents going unreported, research has suggested. Ninety per cent of secondary school teachers say that pupils in their schools have been bullied, harassed or called names because they are, or are perceived to be, gay. The Teachers’ Report, commissioned by Stonewall, found that [...]

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Mar
6

Boy, 16, hangs self after being bullied at school (JAPAN)

Mike Tully on March 6th, 2009

The Yomiuri Shimbun TSU–A 16-year-old male high school student committed suicide at his home in Ise, Mie Prefecture, on Tuesday, apparently after having been bullied at school, it was learned Thursday. He was a first-year high school student at the private Kogakkan High School in the city. A suicide message was found in his personal [...]

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Mar
6

Tenn. School Censors ‘God’ from Prayer Event Posters

Mike Tully on March 6th, 2009

By Katherine T. Phan Christian Post Reporter An elementary school in Tennessee has been accused of censoring references to God from posters promoting an annual prayer event led by students. A lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges that officials at Lakeview Elementary School in Tennessee last year ordered “God Bless the USA,” “In God We Trust,” and [...]

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Mar
6

1 in 3 UK children targeted by cyber bullies

Mike Tully on March 6th, 2009

By Carol Forsloff. In the new Wild West of the Internet where anything goes, cyber bullying is on the increase and targeting the vulnerable. Research has found 1 in 3 children in the United Kingdom has been cyber-attacked. Women and minorities are targets as well. Research results reported today discusses those British children being attacked [...]

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Mar
6

2 Fla. students challenge school’s gay club ruling

Mike Tully on March 6th, 2009

By RON WORD – 1 day ago JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — An attorney for two gay students at a north Florida high school told a federal judge Thursday they should be allowed to form a campus club promoting tolerance toward gays, despite a school prohibition. But a lawyer for the Nassau County School Board said [...]

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Mar
5

Bullying is target of legislation (Oregon)

Mike Tully on March 5th, 2009

Minority, gay and other students at risk, studies say By Tracy Loew • Statesman Journal March 5, 2009 By Tracy Loew • Statesman Journal • March 5, 2009 Minority students continue to be victims of bullying and harassment in Oregon schools, despite a 2001 law encouraging school districts to crack down on such behavior, two [...]

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