Mike Tully on July 14th, 2010

(NOTE:  Susan Limber, Robin Kowalski, and Patti Agatston will be presenting at the Annual Conference of the International Bullying Prevention Association in Seattle this November.  You can access the conference website here.  – Mike) The second prevention “Toolkit” resource to be featured this week is Cyber Bullying: A Prevention Curriculum authored by Susan Limber, Robin [...]

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Mike Tully on July 14th, 2010

One memorable quote from the poet Maya Angelou says, “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Perhaps the state Legislature had these words in mind last month when it finally passed the Dignity For All Students Act, [...]

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Mike Tully on July 14th, 2010

ELGIN, Ill. — To some it may seem innocuous, even good for building character — the playground taunts from that group of kids “that think they’re better than everyone else,” as Larkin High School student Michael Engebretson puts it. But Linda Engebretson noticed the effect on her 16-year-old son. MORE  >>>

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