Nov
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Still Alive – But Distracted (IBPA Conference)

Mike Tully on November 10th, 2009

For those who might have wondered why this blog has been neglected recently, the answer that I’ve been preoccupied with the upcoming Annual Conference of the International Bullying Prevention Association.  This year’s conference is next week in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and promises to be our most exciting and beneficial ever.  We might even break the attendance [...]

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Nov
10

Report highlights growth of cyber bullying (UK)

Mike Tully on November 10th, 2009

Gloucestershire’s Members of Youth Parliament have launched a report into the issue of bullying within county secondary schools. The team of six young people from the county’s three constituencies: Gloucester/Forest, Cheltenham/Tewkesbury, and Cotswolds/Stroud, put together the report following a number of consultations with students from different schools in the three areas. The idea behind the [...]

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Nov
10

City & County Councils work together to stop bullying (AUS)

Mike Tully on November 10th, 2009

10 November 2009 City & County Councils work together to stop bullying Leicester City Council and Leicestershire County Council are running an anti-bullying video competition over the next couple of months, to coincide with anti-bullying week (16th – 20th November). The competition involves schools making their own music video to a song written by Australian [...]

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Nov
10

Should a teacher’s Facebook posts ruin her career? (GA)

Mike Tully on November 10th, 2009

1:56 pm November 10, 2009, by Maureen Downey A former high school teacher is suing a north Georgia school district, alleging she was forced to resign over photos and expletives on Facebook. Ashley Payne contends that the Barrow County school district violated state labor law because she was never told she was entitled to a [...]

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