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. But with e-mails, posts and text messages galore it’s become much more pervasive than that, educators say.
In an attempt to address the problem, Alabama and other states have been implementing anti-bullying policies in recent years.