Bullying
Family sues school officials for allegedly failing to stop bullying that led to son’s suicide
A civil jury in Saratoga County, New York is considering whether officials at Oliver W. Winch Middle School and South Glen Falls school district is liable for the suicide of a 13-year-old student who was relentlessly bullied.
MO student’s anti-bullying anthem earns class trip to Nashville recording studio
A Missouri 10-year-old didn’t like the way some of her classmates were treating kids in her school, so she wrote an anti-bullying anthem to inspire change.
Students join Hope Squads to help struggling classmates through depression, trauma
Students at Ohio’s Lakota West and Lakota East high schools are stepping up to help struggling classmates in their time of need as part of a new Hope Squad program to prevent teen suicide.
AL football champ launches campaign to change bullying school culture
Former University of Alabama lineman Bradley Bozeman is tired of talking about bullying. He’s determined to do something about it.
SC fifth-graders reflect on character, decision-making through courtroom role play
Fifth-graders at South Carolina’s Horry and Georgetown county schools are learning about leadership, civics, the judicial system, bullying, peer pressure, drugs and other important issues through role playing.
Parents get heated during community meeting on bullying
Dozens of parents shouted down Waterford School District officials at a town hall meeting in March to discuss rampant bullying in the district’s schools.
AZ district partners with ‘Anonymous Alerts’ app to combat bullying, school violence
An Arizona school district wants students to report bullying and safety issues, and it recently partnered with a mobile phone application to allow students to make anonymous complaints directly to administrators.
PA lawmaker wants to fine parents of school bullies
Pennsylvania state Rep. Frank Burns thinks parents should be held responsible for how their children behave in school, and he’s introducing legislation to impose a framework of increasing penalties for parents of students who bully their classmates.
Survey: School bullying continues years-long decline
New data from the National Crime Victimization Survey shows reported incidents of bullying have dropped by more than a third since 2007.
