Activists continue to lament the fact Massachusetts legislators have not included LGBT-specific language in a bill that would strengthen a law against bullying and harassment in the classroom. Activists lobbying to include what they call enumerative language to cover sexual orientation and gender identity and expression attribute the omission to the “Scott Brown effect” and [...]
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While anti-bullying programs are fairly common in North Dakota schools, reports of bullying are up statewide this year. In recently released state data, the number of seventh- and eighth-graders who report being bullied at school has jumped from 34 percent in 2007 to nearly 50 percent in 2009. MORE >>>
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(NOTE: Professor Rigby conducted workshops on the Method of Shared Concern at several U. S. locations in 2007, including a day-long seminar at the University of Arizona in Tucson and at the Annual Conference of the International Bullying Prevention Association in Hollywood, Florida. – Mike) SCHOOLYARD bullies go from being the problem to part of [...]
MORRISTOWN — Morristown High School students and staff members should be prepared to walk through metal detectors Monday, as authorities continue to investigate threatening messages found in a boys bathroom — including one that read ‘I’m going to kill 15 people 3/15/10.” “We expect long lines so dress for inclement weather,” the district wrote in [...]
The mother of a sixth-grader in Buncombe County, N.C., is upset about name-calling in her daughter’s classroom — but the students aren’t the ones slinging the mud. Patty Clement is debating other parents in Candler, N.C., over Rex Roland, a teacher who sometimes writes the word “loser” on the assignments of his 11- and 12-year-old [...]
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Boys behaving badly will soon be a thing of the past for Timaru, if a unique educational programme works its magic as hoped. Katarina Filipe explores The Rite Journey – a programme developed by two Australian teachers that has everyone shouting its praises. MORE >>>
Ruth McKay & Diane Huberman Arnold & Jae Fratzl & Roland Thomas, Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal, Volume 20, Number 2, June 2008 Abstract This paper examines the results of a workplace bully survey sent to faculty, instructors and librarians at a mid-sized Canadian university in 2005. The potential sources of workplace bullying by colleagues, [...]
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