Mike Tully on April 29th, 2009

By KRISTINA TORRES The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Monday, April 27, 2009 DeKalb County school officials have started their own internal review about the events surrounding the suicide of a fifth-grader. Superintendent Crawford Lewis is scheduled later Monday to sit down with the boy’s principal “to make sure something like this never happens again.” Lewis commented Monday [...]

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Mike Tully on April 28th, 2009

By Charles Robbins And Eliza Byard The affect of language and behavior can be deadly, especially in a school environment where young people are already highly impressionable and vulnerable. Unfortunately, this difficult lesson has been conveyed many times when young people resort to drastic and permanent measures to escape the despair of enduring constant bullying [...]

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Olympic diver Tom Daley is the latest victim of school bullying. Can a computer game help young kids to deal with it? Catherine Bruton My five-year-old son came out of school in tears the other day. “My friend Alex won’t play with me,” he sobbed. Why not? “Because I keep kissing him in the playground.” [...]

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By LAUREN MYLO Hour Staff Writer In response to parents’ concerns, All Saints Catholic School has made additional efforts to crack down on bullying, but two parents, including one whose son suffered a concussion during a playground incident, filed police reports last week in hopes bullying will stop. One mother, Kim Mendola, said her son [...]

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The parents of the Olympic diver Tom Daley have taken him out of school after he complained of being bullied. The 14-year-old athlete, who found himself in the public eye while representing Britain at the Beijing Olympics last year, said that he had been attacked by pupils in the playground of his school in Devon. [...]

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by Dave Murray | The Grand Rapids Press Friday April 24, 2009, 11:13 PM GRAND RAPIDS — Several Burton Middle School students turned on their computers this week and were startled by what they saw: pornographic photos. Educators believe the images were downloaded and installed as a prank by two students, who since have been [...]

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Mike Tully on April 26th, 2009

Faculty express concern; UNLV official says proposal would encourage expression By Charlotte Hsu Sat, Apr 25, 2009 (2 a.m.) The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada has put UNLV on notice that a proposed policy outlining how members of the university should deal with possible hate crimes and “bias incidents” would squelch free speech on [...]

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Mike Tully on April 26th, 2009

When she was a 13-year-old student at Safford Middle School in Arizona, Savana Redding was strip-searched by school officials in search of – this is no joke – ibuprofen. Now she is suing the district and the officials for violating her Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable searches and seizures. It is not good for Redding [...]

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Mike Tully on April 26th, 2009

INSIDE THE FIRST AMENDMENT By Charles C. Haynes First Amendment Center The latest flashpoint in the never-ending conflict over religion in public schools is “Spirituality for Kids,” a program developed by a leader of the Kabbalah Centre International in Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles Times, the spirituality lessons are being taught in a [...]

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Mike Tully on April 26th, 2009

BERLINERS VOTE tomorrow to decide on whether state schools should offer religious education as an alternative to the existing mandatory course in ethics. The referendum is the climax of a campaign that neared a cultural battle, enlivened by last-minute court injunctions and colourful insults. More

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