Apr
26

Two boys commit suicide after enduring homophobic bullying at school

Mike Tully on April 26th, 2009

Two 11-year-old boys took their own lives this month. Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover of Massachusetts and Jaheem Herrera of Georgia both committed suicide by hanging themselves after enduring unbearable anti-gay bullying at their respective schools. They join an alarmingly growing list of students who have ended their lives, desperate to escape the torture of relentless homophobic [...]

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Apr
19

Proposed Legislation Will Fund Cyberbullying Prevention Groups

Mike Tully on April 19th, 2009

Noted author and cyberbullying expert Nancy Willard notes that there needs to be a fair and full discussion over how the legislation’s funds are allocated Wired Safety and some other undisclosed Internet safety organizations have been working closely with Senator Menendez (D-NJ) on some legislation to address Internet safety. With a $65 million price tag, [...]

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Apr
19

Crimes of Technology

Mike Tully on April 19th, 2009

By Cris Rowan, BScOT, BScBi, SIPT, Approved Provider AOTA and CAOT Apr 19, 2009 – 9:46:15 AM (HealthNewsDigest.com) – Parents, educators and health policy makers everywhere are struggling to manage balancing children’s technology use with health and academics. “How much technology should kids use?”, “what degree of sex or violence should kids watch?”, and “should [...]

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Apr
19

10 years after Columbine, school security stepped up

Mike Tully on April 19th, 2009

By Kristen A. Graham and Bonnie L. Cook Inquirer Staff Writers Some schools have banned backpacks. Others have locked doors, installed cameras, bought metal detectors, and started disaster drills. Ten years ago tomorrow, two teenagers killed 13 people and wounded 23 others inside Columbine High School in suburban Littleton, Colo., a massacre that forever altered [...]

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Apr
19

Supreme Court to hear school strip-search case (AZ)

Mike Tully on April 19th, 2009

By David G. Savage LOS ANGELES TIMES Sunday, April 19, 2009 SAFFORD, Ariz. — When Savana Redding, now 19, talks of what happened to her in eighth grade, it is clear that the painful memories linger. She speaks of being embarrassed and fearful, and of staying away from school for two months. And she recalls [...]

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Apr
19

Diversity: Teens weigh in on race, gender, family income and more (KY)

Mike Tully on April 19th, 2009

With a growing focus on diversity in schools and popular culture, teens generally are sensitive to differences relating to race, religion, gender and sexuality.   But members of The Courier-Journal High School Round Table said recently that some areas aren’t as well handled, such as differences in family income or economic status. They also noted [...]

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Apr
17

Johnston board OKs language bolstering free speech (IA)

Mike Tully on April 17th, 2009

By LISA LAVIA RYAN • community@dmreg.com • April 17, 2009 Johnston school district employees will be better protected from unwarranted discipline that results from lawful student free speech under language added to a district policy, proponents of the addition said. The district’s board of education voted 4-3 during its regular meeting on Monday to add [...]

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Apr
17

The true cost of bullying

Mike Tully on April 17th, 2009

Last week there was a funeral for an 11 year old boy that not very many people noticed. He hung himself because he was being being bullied at his school. Taunted by someone at his school because there was a perception that he was gay. This child of God was told by his principal that [...]

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Apr
17

CL Schools begin training in Olweus bullying prevention program (MN)

Mike Tully on April 17th, 2009

Staff During April, Chisago Lakes School District students in grades 3-11 will be given the opportunity to complete a questionnaire that covers what bullying behaviors the student has seen or experienced in the school setting. This is a voluntary, anonymous questionnaire. The information obtained will be used to develop school specific program components and for [...]

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Apr
17

Gay students don’t feel safe in Pa. schools, survey says

Mike Tully on April 17th, 2009

Thursday, April 16, 2009 By Eleanor Chute, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A day before the National Day of Silence, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network today released a study showing that many gay students in Pennsylvania do not feel safe at school. The findings are based on a survey of 242 Pennsylvania students who participated in [...]

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