Beacons in Storm: general articles

These are articles and columns about bullying, including some scholarly articles. For other scholarly articles, see Raven Days' statistics page, Just the Facts, Ma'am. For articles on bullying-related deaths, see Raven Days' This Present Darkness.

Victims Question Exclusion Policy -- Students who are being beaten up by all their classmates wonder how much good will be done by excluding only a few of them. Article by the BBC.

Mean Boys -- Article about non-physical bullying by boys. Article by Tralee Pearce for the Globe and Mail.

Japan: the Missing Million -- Some Japanese teenagers are responding to chronic bullying by not only refusing to go to school, but refusing to leave home. Article by Phil Rees for the BBC.

My Bullying Beef -- Article by Yvonne Roberts for the Guardian.

Bullied Pupils Say Names Do Hurt -- Article web-published by the BBC.

"Too White"? Peers Bully Black Students -- Column by Peter Bronson.

Finger on the Pulse -- Article about suicide attempts by bullied students. Article by Dr. Max Pemberton for the Telegraph.

Schoolyard Bullies and Their Victims: The Picture Fills Out -- Article by Patrik Jonsson for the Christian Science Monitor.

Bullying Carries Increased Risk of Suicide -- Article web-published by WGAL.

Beyond the Blow to Self-Esteem, Bullying Can Hurt the Brain, Too -- Article by Anne McIlroy for the Globe and Mail.

Bullying: A School Teacher's Perspective -- Article web-published by the Times of India.

Bullying "Openness" Call -- BBC article on bullying in Scotland.

School Bullying Not Inevitable -- Article web-published by the BBC.

Bystanders Play a Part in Bullying Behavior -- Article about a study by Dr. Ken Rigby of the University of South Australia, web-published by News-Medical.

School Violence Begs Discussion About Bullying -- Article by Darien Bates for the Falls Church News-Press, prompted by the 2005 school shooting in Red Lake, Minnesota.

School Shooting Should Impel Culture of Acceptance, Diversity -- Article by Beth Ruhl for the Lawrence Journal-World, prompted by the 2005 school shooting in Red Lake, Minnesota.

Bullying Nightmare -- Too Cruel for School -- Article by Heather Crosby for the Daily Liberal.

Scared of School -- Article by Kevin D. Thompson for the Palm Beach Post.

Parents Seek Help for Bullies -- A school is issuing "anti-bullying contracts." Article by Sheree Paolello for WLWT.

Stand Proud, Boy, by Jonathan Nash for the Gold Coast Bulletin.

Peanut Butter and Deadly Taunts -- Article about bullies deliberately triggering the allergies of schoolmates who are allergic to peanut butter. Article by Lauren Cox for ABC.

Bullying Epidemic Creating "Own Personal Hell" -- "Tori Matthews-Osman says teachers at her primary school had advised her to 'act as if they don't exist'. 'It was so hard because they did exist....' Article by Quentin McDermott for the ABC.

Bullying's Day in Court -- Article by Jonathan Turley for ABC.

Call for Action on School Transport -- Article web-published by RTE News.

Probing Question: Can School Bullying Have Deadly Consequences? -- Article by Melissa Beattie-Moss for Penn State Live.

Bullies Still Lurking in School Halls -- Article by Colleen O'Connor for the Denver Post.

Bullies Threaten to Shoot Schoolyard Thugs -- Article by Bruce McDougall and Kelvin Bissett for the Telegraph.

Impact of Painful Words Can Last a Lifetime -- Article by Kate Sikora for the Daily Telegraph.

"Chav Hunt" School Shamed Again.... -- In hopes of favorable publicity, a boarding school offered a full scholarship to a gifted lower-income student and let BBC reporters do a documentary on his life there. But the documentary showed the boy being mercilessly bullied for being poor. Article by Marc Horne for Scotland on Sunday.

Bullies Plague NZ Teens -- "They threw a book at one of my friends...one of them walked over, punched one of my friends...." Article web-published by OneNews. See also Marlborough School Defends Reputation, also web-published by OneNews.

Young Carers Routinely Bullied at School, Study Finds -- Article by Rachel Williams for the Guardian.

Not Safe in School -- Article about bullying in Malaysia, by Alycia Lim and Priya Kulasagaran for the Star.

Scared of School -- Article by Kevin D. Thompson for the Palm Beach Post>.

Bullying Rife as Schools Close -- Seniors in Namibia are bullying younger schoolmates, knowing that no one will punish them because they will soon be graduating. Article web-published by New Era.

Speaker Rising Up Against School Bullying -- There has apparently been a recent increase in bullying in Guam's schools. Article by Michele Catahay for KUAM.

Bullying "Torture" Warning -- "At the moment, these children are being left, in many cases, to be tortured in schools. " Maureen Booth-Martin, an anti-bullying activist, argues that many schools' anti-bullying policies do not work. Article by Katie Norman for the South Wales Echo.

Why Backing Down Bullies Isn't Easy -- Article by Rachel Schleif for the Wenatchee World.

Missoula Schools Try to Clear Up Complex Issue of Conflict vs. Bullying -- Article by Jamie Kelly for the Missoulian.

Gangs Govern Life in Many Kyrgyz Schools -- Students are having their lunch money and belongings stolen. Article by William O'Connor for Eurasianet.org.

Standing Up to Bullies in Baltimore -- Interview with bullying survivor Alexandra Wolff, by Katelyn Thomas for the Examiner.

Bullying on Rise, Says Moncton School Bus Driver -- A woman who's been driving a school bus for twenty years says she's been seeing more name calling and teasing lately. Article web-published by the CBC.

Don't Take Bullying Lightly -- Article by Cindy Villegas for the Pearl Post.

New! The Effects of Bullying Last Forever -- Article by Christopher Bantick for the Herald Sun.

The Largest Myths about Bullying -- Article web-published by WMAR.

New! "Positive Discipline" Fails to Deal with Bullies Head-On -- Article by Freda Lewkowicz for the Montreal Gazette.

Kids Speak Out Against Bullying -- Article by Jaleh Teymourian Brahms for Patch.

New! Bullying Intensifies at Schools Across the Country -- Article by Lee Kyung-mi for the Hankyoreh.

Bullying is the Cause of Both Gay Teen Suicides and Most School Shootings! -- Op-ed by Jason Wittman for the American Chronicle.

Memories of Bullying Don't Fade -- Article by Melanie Jones for the Gadsen Times.

Boy Bullies vs. Girl Bullies -- Article by Joy Batteh-Freiha for the Florida Times-Union.

Letter: Let Victims of Bullies Defend Themselves -- Letter to the editor of the Standard-Times.

You Can't Stop Real Bullies by the Golden Rule -- Blog post by Ben Leichtling on his blog Bullies Be Gone.

Bullies are Bullies: Only the Technology Has Changed -- Letter to the editor of USA Today by Richard Kovick.

There Have Always Been Bullies -- Article by Kristen Houghton for the Huffington Post.

Misguided School Policies Merely Empower Bullies -- Letter to the editor criticizing no-fault mediation programs, by Patti Sheer for TCPalm.

Bringing Bullying Into the Public Eye -- A collection of anecdotes by bystanders and victims, web-published by the Montreal Gazette.

Bullying is Not a Rite of Passage -- Article by Julie Hertzog for CNN.

There's Only One Way to Stop a Bully -- Article by Susan Engel and Marlene Sandstrom for the New York Times, advocating the Olweus approach.

School Bullying Problem Worries Sandy Student -- Article by Barbara Smith for KTVX.

Bullying at Schools an Issue that Makes Parents Jitter -- Article web-published by the Jakarta Post.

Gene Makes Kids More Vulnerable to Bullying's Effects -- Article by Bruce Bower for U.S. News and World Report.

School Bullying -- Post by Peter Gray on his Psychology Today blog Freedom to Learn.

Anti-Bullying Week is Launched -- Article by Max Davidson for the Telegraph.

Dededo School Reports Bullying in First Week -- Article by Michele Catahay for KUAM.

Former Student Calls on Schools to Curtail Bullies -- Article by Pete Aleshire for the Payson Roundup.

Stand Up, Speak Out -- Article by Saumya Arya Haas for the Huffington Post.

Brutal Bullies -- A brief overview of anti-bullying research, which mentions the Olweus program. Article web-published by MSNBC.

Kids who are Seen as Different are Easy Targets for Bullies -- Article by Amy Hetland for Minnesota Public Radio.

Teens Seek Plastic Surgery to Combat Bullying -- Article by Mary Plfum for ABC.

Watatita: School Initiations Condone Bullying -- Article by by Alexia Cahyaningtyas for the Jakarta Globe.

Bullying and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act -- Article by Ilann M. Maazel for the New York Law Journal.

Minimal Progress on Bullying Prevention in NYC Schools -- Article about the bullying of Sikhs by Anju Kaur for the Sikh News Network.

Bullying in Schools a Worry in Indonesia -- Article by Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja for the Straits Times Indonesia, web-published by the Jakarta Globe.

Bullying Patterns Start in School -- Editorial by the Prescott Daily Courier

Bittersweet End to Summer -- Article by Chakara Bennett for the Nassau Guardian

New! Bullies Do Long-Term Damage.... -- Article by Lois M. Collins for the Deseret News.

In March, 1999, the comic strip Ozy and Millie had a great storyline about dealing with bullying.
With cartoonist D.C. Simpson's kind permission, here are the relevant strips:

March 12, 1999 -- Talking Trash
March 15, 1999 -- Cutting the Apron Strings
March 16, 1999 -- The Principal's Principles
March 17, 1999 -- Identity Crisis
March 18, 1999 -- Irreconcilable Differences
March 19, 1999 -- Playing the Game
March 22, 1999 -- Social Circles, Squared
March 23, 1999 -- Preparation for Life (Without Parole)
March 24, 1999 -- Nonviolent Solution
March 25, 1999 -- Cupro-Nickel Lining

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