Banding Together: anti-bullying organizations

Alternative Schooling

School for Bullying Victims -- A school especially for students who have been chronically bullied has been established in Cambridge, U.K. Local educational authorities pay students' fees at the school. Article web-published by the BBC. See also Bullied Girl Turns Campaigner, also web-published by the BBC.

School Opens For Victims Of Bullying -- Article web-published by WKMG.

Anti-Bullying Organizations

Walk for Talk -- A Canadian organization dedicated to raising awareness of the damaging effects of verbal abuse, in schools and elsewhere.

Pupils "Suffer Bullying Misery" -- BBC article about the U.K. charity Childline, which offers a toll-free number which children can call to report incidents of bullying.

Bully Police -- "Policing the States and the Schools for Bullies." Activist group lobbying for anti-bullying laws in U.S. states.

Website Offers Solace for Victims of Bullying, an article web-published by the Times.

Kentucky Equality Federation Provides New Service to Report Hate Crimes, Discrimination, and School Bullying -- The Kentucky Equality Federation has offered to help gay Kentucky teens who are being bullied at school. Press release web-published by PRWeb.

B.U.L.L.Y. -- On February 8, 2006, 12-year-old Tom Trosvik hanged himself after telling his parents he had been bullied. Now his parents have started an anti-bullying organization, B.U.L.L.Y.

BullyingCanada -- An anti-bullying site run by Canadian teenagers.

Cruel at School -- Bev Powell's daughter was bullied at school. Now she runs a website where bullied students can go for advice. Her site also links to news on bullying in the U.K.

Governmental Anti-Bullying Initiatives

Heads Launch Anti-Bullying Drive -- The British National Association of Head Teachers has established a set of guidelines for dealing with bullying. Article web-published by the BBC.

Bully for Them: Whitehall District Moves to Protect Vulnerable Students -- September, 2000 editorial from the [Pittsburgh] Post-Gazette.

Tackling Bullying In and Out of School -- December 2000 article, web-published by the BBC.

Experts to Tackle Unruly Pupils, an article web-published by the BBC.

Anti-Bullying Charter Launched, web-published by the BBC.

Des Moines School Honored For Anti-Bully Program -- Article web-published by KCCI.

National Network to Fight Bullies -- Article web-published by the BBC. See also New Tsars Tackle School Bullying, an article by Polly Curtis for the Guardian.

Bullies Face High-Tech Wrath in Singapore, a Reuters article, web-published by the Indian Express.

Concern Over New Bullying Database -- Article by Polly Curtis for the Guardian.

Time for Schools to Get Tougher with Bullies -- Article web-published by the Kennebec Journal.

Row Over New Anti-Bully "Tsars" -- BBC article about Liz Carnell's (of Bullying Online) criticism of the quango Anti-Bullying Alliance.

Beat Bullies Bands are Huge Hit, web-published by the BBC. See also Anti-Bullying Wristband Scheme Backfires, an article by Polly Curtis for the Guardian, and School Bans Anti-Bullying Bands, web-published by the BBC.

Parents of Cyber-Bullies Slapped with £1,000 Fines -- British schools are to be required to monitor instances of cyber-bullying among their pupils. Article by Alexandra Blair for the Times.

Anti-Bullying Measure Signed Into Law -- Iowa has passed a law requiring all Iowa schools to establish anti-bullying policies. Article web-published by the Times-Republican.

South Korean Pupils to Get Bodyguards, a Guardian article web-published by Buzzle.

Britain to Combat Cyber-Bullying in Schools, an AFP article web-published by Google.

Safe to Learn: Combating the Bullying of Gay Children in Schools -- News article on new anti-bullying resources produced by the British government. Article web-published by UKGayNews

New! Anti-Bullying Law Gives Grieving Mom Hope -- When 15-year-old Jeffrey Johnston killed himself in 2005 because he'd been bullied, his mother began crusading for a Florida anti-bullying law. The law has now been passed. Article by Leslie Postal for the Orlando Sentinel.. See also Mom's Campaign for Florida Anti-Bully Law Finally Pays Off, by Juju Chang, et al., for ABC.

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