If it gets to the floor for a vote: Mike Schlicht, State Coordinator for NYHWA (New York Healthy Workplace Advocates) says they are “just two sponsors short of having one third of the Assembly signed onto their version of the bill.” But before that can happen, it still has to make it out of the [...]
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A former Cholla Magnet High School monitor who was accused of sending a student a sexually explicit picture of himself was sentenced to three years probation Wednesday. Sheridan Gomez, 26, who pleaded guilty to contributing to the delinquency of a minor, was also sentenced to two weekends in jail by Pima County Superior Court Judge [...]
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(NOTE: I’m a certified trainer for the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program and would be happy to answer questions about it. – Mike) ORLANDO, Fla — Eleven-year-old Kaylani Vasquez shyly admitted that she used to be a bully. Her brutal teasing and taunting of another girl at her elementary school brought the girl to tears. “I [...]
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PITTSFIELD — Though it was only 9 a.m., Theater 5 at the Beacon Cinema was nearly filled to capacity on Tuesday for a special double feature film premiere. All 28 members of the Berkshire District Attoney’s Youth Advisory Board were on hand for the screening of two educational videos they made this year with Pittsfield [...]
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(NOTE: This interesting research should spawn a follow-up to see if children of bullied workers are more likely to become school bullies themselves. If the work stress is taken out on the kids, then it’s a possibility. – Mike) The mental health charity, Mind has released research which exposes the full extent of the problem [...]
By Cathy Hughes, The Times-Picayune A bill that would make it a crime for one youth to send another an intimidating or threatening text, e-mail or computer message was reworked by a Senate committee Tuesday to make it apply to adults who harass young people. MORE >>>
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(NOTE: This bill apparently repeats the same mistake virtually every other jurisdiction has made when it comes to addressing off-campus cyberbullying. It incorporates the (ahem) “substantial disruption” standard of Tinker v Des Moines SD. As I have noted in the past, that is a standard based on age bias, since “disruption” is commonly interpreted by the [...]
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A staggering 62 per cent of pupils in Malta consider bullying a problem in their school, according to research by the British council. The research was conducted across more than 50 schools in Europe who were chosen for their mix of children from different backgrounds. MORE >>>
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This study examined the influence of individual level and organizational level factors towards teachers’ responses to bullying. The unit of analysis for this study was teachers. The study collected data from teachers in twenty schools within a small southern public school system. This study was interested in teachers’ perceptions regarding bullying. MORE >>>
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(NOTE: Part of responsible blogging is making a good faith attempt to provide different perspectives and opinions, which is why I’m running this. The author’s complaint is that the damage limits are too low, and suggests that higher limits are necessary in order for the bill be effective. My first reaction is that this might [...]
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