Posted on November 18th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By MOLLY CONNORS
Cape Cod Times
BOSTON — A Cape Cod mother made a tearful plea to state legislators yesterday to pass one of a dozen bills addressing school bullying, saying the state must step in to assure schools do their job in protecting students from mental and physical anguish.
“I felt my son needed to be protected. [...]
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Posted on November 11th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Mike Wilder
Times-News
BURLINGTON, N.C. — A new state law means the Alamance-Burlington School System will change its policy against harassment and bullying.
The change means the policy will prohibit bullying based on sexual orientation, along with other characteristics, such as race, religion, sex and physical appearance.
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Posted on October 20th, 2009 by heygrrrl
MADISON (WKOW) — Wisconsin lawmakers are set to vote on a number of measures this week, including a proposal aimed at stopping bullying in state schools.
The bill, up for vote on Tuesday, would require schools to adopt policies that ban bullying and require authorities report all bullying incidents to the state.
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Posted on October 5th, 2009 by heygrrrl
The Associated Press
The Utah State Board of Education is cracking down on bullies.
The panel approved a rule Friday that defines bullying and hazing so that students will know exactly what is unacceptable.
Board members said the action comes in response to an increase in bullying and hazing incidents across the state during the past year.
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Posted on October 1st, 2009 by heygrrrl
Harvard News Service
Harvard Law School Professor John Palfrey will testify before the House subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security today regarding two pieces of legislation designed to address cyberbullying and other online safety issues for children. A live webcast of the testimony will be available beginning at 3 p.m.
Tags: Linda Sanchez, Cyber-bullying, Anti-bullying, John [...]
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Posted on October 1st, 2009 by heygrrrl
By David Kravets
Wired
Lawmakers gave Rep. Linda Sanchez’s cyberbullying bill a cool reception
Proposed legislation demanding up to two years in prison for electronic speech meant to “coerce, intimidate, harass, or cause substantial emotional distress to a person” was met with little enthusiasm by a House subcommittee on Wednesday.
Tags: Bullying, Bobby Scott, Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act, [...]
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Posted on October 1st, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Larry Magid
CBS online
(CBS) Last year, Congress passed the Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act, which established the Online Safety Technology Working Group (OSTWG) a panel of 29 representatives from Internet companies, academia, non-profits and government to study and report on how to best protect kids online. In April, the U.S. Department of [...]
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Posted on September 18th, 2009 by heygrrrl
Excerpt from Rapid City Journal
and The Associated Press
South Dakota is one of six states that does not have anti-bullying laws, and Rapid City educators this year say they will continue to try combat bullying, suicide and harassment issues with proactive programs.
Only five other states — Montana, Hawaii, Wisconsin, Massachusetts and North Dakota — and the [...]
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Posted on September 18th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Lisa Singleton-Rickman
Excerpt from Lawrence Times-Daily
Lawrence, Alabama — Alabama is among the most recent of 44 states to pass an anti-bullying law, which will go into effect Oct. 1.
Until now, there haven’t been any legal repercussions from bullying and it’s an issue the state has long needed to address, said longtime educator Lisa Moses, of [...]
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Posted on September 15th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By DIONNE WALKER
Excerpt from Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) — Recent student suicides have parents and advocates complaining that anti-bullying laws enacted in nearly every state are not being enforced and do not go far enough to identify and rid schools of chronic tormentors.
Forty-four states expressly ban bullying, a legislative legacy of a rash of school [...]
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Posted on September 12th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Amy K. Stewart
Excerpt from Deseret News
Bullies beware: The state may soon have a new policy targeting bullying and hazing — and it will put athletes under special scrutiny.
The State Board of Education unanimously approved a second reading of its proposed policy Friday. The final vote will come next month.
The driving force for the action [...]
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Posted on September 8th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Jared S. Hopkins
Excerpt from Times-News writer
Rep. Stephen Hartgen, R-Twin Falls, says he plans to re-introduce legislation at the 2010 Legislature targeted at prohibiting harassment on the Internet, including social networking sites.
Hartgen, a former newspaper publisher, still wants to expand harassment laws so they apply to online communication including e-mails, text messages and posted comments [...]
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Posted on September 8th, 2009 by heygrrrl
PRNewswire
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ Key to a child’s
successful education is an environment in which he or she can learn safely.
According to a report released today by the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital
National Poll on Children’s Health, only 26 percent of parents would give
their child’s high school an “A” for preventing bullying and school [...]
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Posted on September 1st, 2009 by heygrrrl
The Sheboygen Press
Students throughout Wisconsin are returning to school this week as they continue the journey toward a career.
For most, there is an air of excitement and anticipation over what the next nine months or so will bring. They are ready to take on the challenges of math, language and science.
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Posted on August 28th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By ALAN HAMARI
Brookfield Now
Brookfield, Wisc. — On the last day of school in June 2008, three boys beat up a 13-year-old girl at Pilgrim Park Middle School.
The boys, two 13 and one 14, pushed her down in the mud and hit her with sticks, cutting and bruising the girl’s arms, back and legs, according to [...]
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Posted on August 21st, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Helen Carter
The Guardian
Malvern, Worcestershire — A teenager who posted death threats on Facebook has become the first person in Britain to be jailed for bullying on a social networking site.
Keeley Houghton, 18, of Malvern, Worcestershire, has been sentenced to three months in a young offenders’ institution after she posted a message saying that she [...]
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Posted on August 21st, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Helen Carter
The Guardian
Malvern, Worcestershire — A teenager who posted death threats on Facebook has become the first person in Britain to be jailed for bullying on a social networking site.
Keeley Houghton, 18, of Malvern, Worcestershire, has been sentenced to three months in a young offenders’ institution after she posted a message saying that she [...]
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Posted on August 20th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Matt Hartley
National Post
Punch the name Liskula Cohen into Google and the search engine turns up more than 130,000 hits.
Unfortunately for the Canadian-born fashion model, thousands of those results relate to offensive postings made about her by an anonymous cyber bully on a now defunct blog called “Skanks of NYC.”
Now, after emerging victorious from [...]
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Posted on August 20th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Matt Hartley
National Post
Punch the name Liskula Cohen into Google and the search engine turns up more than 130,000 hits.
Unfortunately for the Canadian-born fashion model, thousands of those results relate to offensive postings made about her by an anonymous cyber bully on a now defunct blog called “Skanks of NYC.”
Now, after emerging victorious from [...]
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Posted on August 20th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Steve Pokin
Suburban Journals
St. Peters, Mo. — A 40-year-old St. Peters woman was charged Monday under Missouri’s new cyberharassment law for allegedly harassing a 17-year-old girl by posting the girl’s photo, workplace, e-mail and cell phone on a Craigslist forum where people go to pursue sexual encounters.
Elizabeth Thrasher is accused of posting the information May [...]
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