Massachusetts moved a step closer to clamping down on school bullies Thursday when the Senate unanimously approved a bill intended to discourage bullying at schools and on the Internet. The bill, which now goes to the House, seeks to prohibit the use of e-mails, text messages and other electronic means to create a hostile school [...]
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A 13-year-old schoolgirl described as “bright and friendly” apparently hanged herself after she was bullied at school. Poppy Bracey was taken to hospital on March 1 after police were called to a house in Leigh, Greater Manchester, but she later died. An investigation into the cause of the teenager’s death is under way. Poppy had [...]
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Cutting-edge questions in the First Amendment arena have recently stemmed from clashes between students and school districts over the limits — if any — that may be imposed on speech posted on social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook. The cases sometimes pose difficult questions because the students claim that their speech occurred entirely outside [...]
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