(Note: This case bears watching because it’s not unlikely that the student and parent will prevail — although certainly not to the tune of 7.5 million bucks. Nearly every time I do a cyberbullying law workshop with administrators at least one of them — usually an assistant or vice principal — brags about having searched a [...]
The Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS) board has approved the settlement of a suit brought by the parent of a student whom the parent claims was subjected to peer bullying and harassment about her weight, reports the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The board has agreed to pay $55,000, plus the cost of mediation. MORE >>>
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Bullying is nothing new, but the way children bully and are bullied has evolved over the past decade. Fifteen years ago bullying was largely confined to schools, neighborhoods and after-school events, said Corky Graham, a special education teacher at Ohatchee High School who attended a bullying workshop at Jacksonville State University’s In-Service Education Center Tuesday. [...]
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CHILDREN as young as nine will be asked about how their schools deal with bullying and what they think of their teachers from next month. Department of Education inspectors are to survey pupils from the coming school year for the first time, as part of the whole-school evaluation (WSE) process which already includes input from [...]
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Singapore has earmarked 10 million Singapore dollars (7.4 million US) for projects aimed at preventing “cyber-bullying” and promoting responsible Internet use among its technologically savvy youth. MORE >>>
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