(NOTE: This article is posted for informational purposes as a courtesy to my readers and is not intended as an endorsement. – Mike) Updated: Jan 28, 2010 10:40 AM MST Your profile is under your control, not the control of people who post to your wall. Here are a few simple steps you can [...]
By EMERSON CLARRIDGE Observer-Dispatch Posted Jan 15, 2010 @ 07:48 PM Last update Jan 16, 2010 @ 01:35 PM MOHAWK — The U.S. Justice Department intervention in the civil case of a former Mohawk Central School District student could lead to a broader interpretation of a federal law that prohibits gender discrimination by applying it [...]
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(NOTE: For more information on the Olweus Bullying Prevention Training please contact me by clicking here. – Mike) Ten hands went up recently when some 25 West Creek Middle School students were asked how many have experienced bullying. That ratio may or may not be representative of the number of Clarksville-Montgomery County School System students who [...]
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By SUSAN DONALDSON JAMES Jan. 26, 2010 Even in death, Phoebe Prince was bullied. On a memorial page dedicated to the Massachusetts teen who had recently committed suicide, Facebook members left taunting comments that had to be removed. The 15-year-old — a recent immigrant from Ireland with a pretty face and a soft brogue — [...]
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by DEBORAH FELDMAN / KING 5 News Posted on January 26, 2010 at 7:12 AM SEATTLE — Cyberbullying is the on-line equivalent of teasing, taunting, or even a punch to the gut. That’s why school districts around the country are ramping up their efforts to clamp down on it. Some take the topic so seriously, [...]
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(NOTE: Some helpful information from colleague and fellow blogger Anne Collier. – Mike) Say you’re 15, care greatly about a particular environmental cause, and use your YouTube account to vlog (video blog) about it in an earnest way that triggers some really nasty comments on your page. What do you do? YouTube has some tips [...]
By Jennifer Feals jfeals@seacoastonline.com January 22, 2010 2:00 AM Brianna Hartford, a sophomore at Littleton High School, sees change in New Hampshire schools. She sees all students being welcome, their differences embraced and accepted, and every student has friends and a sense of belonging. Hartford was one of approximately 15 students and parents who spoke [...]
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(This is an unusual and extreme incident of cyberbullying. – Mike) By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 11:04 AM on 22nd January 2010 A schoolboy has been arrested after a head was allegedly told to pay £30,000 or one of her teachers would be killed. An email sent to the headteacher also claimed a [...]
(Note: While this blog is primarily concerned with bullying and cyberbulling at the K-12 level, this article reminds us that school bullies grow up and become workplace bullies. – Mike) By ALLAN HALL AN EPIDEMIC of workplace bullying is sweeping through Germany, with as many as 1.5 million people a day affected and the economy [...]
(Note: This article references a study and resulting book that was edited by Dr. Ken Rigby of the University of South Australia. Dr. Rigby presented a full-day workshop at the University of Arizona in 2008 and was a keynote speaker at the annual convention of the International Bullying Prevention Association later the same year. – [...]
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