Archive for 'Featured'
Size Bias
There is a great deal of talk today about childhood obesity, and while that is true, we need to find a happy medium between focusing on a healthy weight and encouraging girls to hyper focus on [...]
Was It Cyberbullying or Something Else?
About a month ago I wrote a post about the jury selection for the Dharun Ravi trial. Mr. Ravi was the roommate of Tyler Celementi and this trial focused not on his role in Clementi’s September 2010 suicide, [...]
Taking a Look at Seclusion and Restraint in Schools: The Impact of Physical Reactions to Violence
A lot of what we focus on here on Bullying Education revolves around the prevention of bullying behavior through positive role modeling and systematic regulations about violence, both physical and otherwise, within our schools. But how [...]
Tragedy Remembered: Tyler Clementi
This morning on our sister site, ChildsWork, I posted a plea published by a colleague of mine, Peter DeWitt, that asked educators to remember the special plight of LGBT youth when walking the halls of high schools. [...]
What Do Elementary Kids Believe About Bullying?
Two weeks ago I wrote a blog concerning statistics and what students in middle school understand about bullying. Despite having classroom guidance lessons since kindergarten, the students I surveyed in a middle school had limited understanding [...]
How Is Bullying Behavior Portrayed in the Media Aimed at Teens and Tweens?
One of the best aspects of my job as a freelance writer is the diversity of material that I get to research and discover on a daily and weekly basis. As an education blogger, I have [...]
Free Speech and Bullying Debate Continued with Twitter Account
Last week I wrote about several cases currently working their way through the justice system that involve bullying that occurs outside of school grounds, yet is intricately related to the in-school environment. On the heels of that [...]
Should Off-Campus Cyberbullying Be Grounds for Suspension? The Supreme Court May Weigh in Soon
Cyberbullying is no doubt one of the biggest issues facing teachers, counselors, parents and students today. As research continues to surface about the horribly detrimental effects that bullying has on long-term mental health, the crackdown on [...]
Bullying Statistics: What Is Really Going on in Schools?
We all know that bullying in school has become a problem that is gaining increased press in recent years. At first, much of the outcry against bullying centered on the “part of life” notion that adults are feign to take [...]
Life After Bullying, Part II: The Bully
What happens to bullies when they grow up? They grow out of it, right? No; unfortunately they do not. Children who do not learn how to interact appropriately with others before they reach the end of [...]
