(NOTE: Historically, the Commonwealth nations are far ahead of the United States when it comes to identifying and dealing with bullying. That was the case in school bullying until the “wake up call” of the Columbine tragedy. While it would be a positive development to see the Brodie Panlock case serve as such a “wake [...]
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(Comment: What is it about “separation of Church and State” that some people fail to understand? Legislation like this should never see the light of day. – Mike) DENVER– A controversial bill that sought to expand space for religion in Colorado’s public schools failed to make it out of committee Monday. Even before the hearing [...]
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STUDENTS will be taught how to ward off online predators and cope with cyber-bullying under a national trial to be announced today. Federal Education Minister Julia Gillard will reveal schools will take unprecedented action to protect children inside the classroom and out. The $3 million “world-first cyber safety initiative” will be trialled in 164 public [...]
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(NOTE: This case is consistent with a fairly well-established line of cases that found a First Amendment violation when a school attempts to discipline off-campus speech and there is no “substantial disruption” of the educational environment. The big question: Is this still good law when the online speech is student-on-student harassment that affects the educational [...]
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The parents of Brodie Panlock, the 19-year-old waitress who killed herself because of relentless workplace bullying, want to sue her tormenters. Damien and Rae Panlock told Fairfax Radio on Monday that they want “real justice” after the four men were convicted and fined a total of $335,000 last week. MORE >>>
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There’s a reason why nerds get bullied—and it has to do with their ability to pick up on and respond to nonverbal cues, says a new study. Children or teens who have problems with at least three different areas of nonverbal communication are more likely to face social rejection, say researchers from Rush and Northwestern [...]
Waltham parents and community members demanded answers from school administrators Thursday night about their handling of an 11-year-old girl who was accused of bullying children at her elementary school last month. Many of the more than 100 people who gathered at the Fitzgerald Elementary School said the removal of the child, whom police charged with [...]
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SOUTH HADLEY – An expert in suicide cautioned at Thursday night’s School Committee meeting that once there is high-profile suicide in a community, such as the apparent one of Phoebe Prince, there is the danger of copycat suicides. The expert, Lawrence Berkowitz, director of Riverside Community Care, of Needham, told the approximately 40 people gathered [...]
(NOTE: This is an interesting new development in the battle against cyberbullying through impersonation. The question is whether a criminal case can result in a conviction, since there must be proof of intent to steal somebody else’s identity. That sounds like a stretch. — Mike) Three 14-year-old boys from Newburyport have been charged with identity [...]
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Teaching unions are complaining that e-safety software is increasingly being used to keep track of their members. They say thousands of teachers are having their every mouse-click monitored, eroding trust. So-called spyware has increasingly been adopted by schools to tackle cyber-bullying and to stop pupils accessing unsuitable websites. Such software can record online activity by [...]
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