A nasty trend that has surfaced on a social networking site will not be tolerated in Garden City Public Schools, announced Superintendent of Schools Dr. Robert Feirsen. Administrators were notified this week that Garden City Middle School students initiated groups on Facebook which designated May 11 as “Hug a Slut Day.” The following day students [...]
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A five-year-old Saskatchewan boy who lost a leg and now walks with a prosthetic limb has been bullied off his school bus, his father says. Rather than confront the bullies and their parents to stop the harassment, the Prairie South School Division instead told the boy he wouldn’t be allowed to take the bus anymore, [...]
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Gov. Jennifer Granholm is using her weekly radio address, released Friday, to ratchet up the pressure on the state senate to act on anti-bullying legislation. Legislation passed the Michigan House Thursday on a 76-29 vote. But it is now on its way to the Republican controlled state senate, which activists say has been the legislative [...]
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(NOTE: This article indicates that some legislators believe language stating that a single event might be sufficient to justify invoking a bullying prevention policy goes too far. Researchers are well aware that, while bullying is usually repetive abuse, a single event can sometimes be sufficient. The objections seem misguided and uninformed. – Mike) STRATHAM — [...]
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A new study done by researchers at the University of Michigan shows that the dangers of obesity to children is not purely in that they are more likely to suffer from obesity related disease but that they are also significantly more likely to be picked on by bullies in the playground. MORE >>>
(Courtesy of the Huffington Post) A recent law passed by the Massachusetts legislature and signed by Governor Deval Patrick (5/3/10) has “outlawed” bullying in the public schools. I remember trying to avoid the school bullies when I was at P.S. 79–Creston JHS in the Bronx–since some of them were not just verbal bullies but had [...]
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