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Stop Bullying Now! -- This site advertises a program by Stan
Davis, who's a social worker, an educator, and a magician.
The
advertising is low-key, though, and the site has a lot of good
info. Stan's also written a book, Schools
Where Everyone Belongs: Practical Strategies for Reducing Bullying,
which is well worth reading. Its introduction and first chapter may be
read online for free here.
Expert: Adults Need to Stop Bully -- Article by Cindy Kranz for the Cincinnati Enquirer about Stan Davis, whose own website is linked to above.
Duo Travelling Sask. Sing Songs about Bullying -- Article about Brea Lawrenson and Braiden Turner, who have a musical anti-bullying program. Article by Pamela Cowan for the Leader-Post.
Please Stop Laughing At Me -- Website of Jodee Blanco, anti-bullying author and lecturer. Jodee is running an anonymous e-mail service for reporting bullying. See also Survivor Says Bullying is Not Just Joking Around, by Christine Young for Intermountain Catholic, Author Takes Message on Bullying to Dist. 13, by Justin Kmitch for the Daily Herald, Stop! Bullying in School Can Leave Scars..., by Janice Gaston for the Winston-Salem Journal, and Anti-Bullying Advocate to Speak with Students..., by Brenda Schory for the Chronicle.
Bullying Victim Frees Herself, by Wade Hemsworth for the Hamilton Spectator. Ashleigh Harris read Jodee Blanco's book and managed to convince her school to bring Blanco in to lecture.
Strongman Urges End to Bullying in Schools -- Article about bullying survivor Jon Pritikin, who is in the Guinness Book of World Records for his speed at rolling up metal frying pans. Article by Mary Niederberger for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette..
Anti-Bullying Speaker's Message to Students: "Be Like Belle" -- Article by Gregory Roberts for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Stopping Bullies Starts With Behavior -- Article about a talk by Susan Limber, Bullying Prevention Project director at the University of South Carolina, by Helen Altonn for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
A Bullying Victim's Plea -- Article about a bullying survivor who now lectures against bullying. Article by Laura Halleman for the Madison Courier.
Bullying Destroys Lives -- Article about anti-bullying lecturer Cindy Wesley, whose daughter Dawn-Marie killed herself in 2000 after being bullied by schoolmates. Article by Monica Wolfson for the Windsor Star.
Opera Troupe Goes to Schools to Banish Bullying -- Article about "Elijah's Kite," a short opera about a bullied student. Article by Grania Litwin for the Times Colonist.
Father Speaks Out Against Cyber-Bullying -- Article about John Halligan, whose bullied son Ryan killed himself in Oct. 2003. Article by John Dillon for Vermont Public Radio.
Return to Take on Bullying -- A former student returned to her high school with an anti-bullying message. Article by Andrew J. Brescia for the Andover Townsman..
DC Virgo Middle School Students.... -- A rock group discussed bullying and peer pressure with students after its performance. Article web-published by WWAY.
A Play About Bullying That's Taken From Life -- Lyle Cogen has written, and is producing and performing, a one-person play called "Sticks and Stones." Article by Karin Lipson for the New York Times.
Anti-Bullying Program Gets Results -- Bystanders reported bullying to a teacher after seeing skits by Deana's Educational Theater. Article by Paul Crocetti for the Metrowest Daily News. See also Group Acts Early to Put an End to School Bullying, by Bethany Bray for the Andover Townsman.
Standing Up to Bullying.... -- Article about anti-bullying speaker Stu Cabe, who urges students to "understand the power of their words and actions to others, and to feel empathy for those around them." Article by Emily Johns for the Star Tribune.
Cyber Bullying -- Despite the title, this is an article about a general lecture on bullying given by John Halligan, whose bullied son Ryan committed suicide in 2003. Article by Ginny and Mitch Paine for the Hingham Journal.
Former Bully Reaches Out to Students -- Article by Jeff Sabin for WOWT.
Anti-Bullying Message Cuts to the Heart.... -- Article about Mark Brown, World Champion Toastmasters' Public Speaker. Article by Sue Austreng for ABC Newspapers.
New! Bull-Fighter Knows about Bullying -- Article by Michael Johnson for the Gillette News Record.
Schools to Combat Bullying -- Article about a survey being distributed to students in Frederick County, Maryland, USA. Article by Margarita Raycheva for the Gazette.
Touted National Study on Bullying was Led by Naples Teenager -- A 16-year-old, working with four other high school students across America, made a presentation to the American Psychiatric Association about bullying's prevalence in middle schools. Article by Jennifer Sutcliffe for the Naples Daily News.
Students Will Join Bully Study -- Researchers at Yale are studying bullying. Article by Maggie Caldwell for the Redding Pilot.
Cameras Help Reveal School Bus Bullies -- Article web-published by WAPT.
Bullies Targeted in Text Messages, web-published by the BBC.
Concerns Raised Over Bullies Poll -- Schools in Britain and the U.S. are testing an online poll system in which students are encouraged to cast votes for students who are bullies, thus enabling teachers to know whom to watch. In an attempt to curb potential abuse, votes are not anonymous, and the results are being made available only to teachers. Article web-published by the BBC. See also Educators Discover New Online Voting System is a Bully Beater, a press release web-published by PRWeb, and Online Poll Aims to Beat Bullies, web-published by the BBC.
New Program Helps Students Report Bullying at School -- Students can report bullying via an online "bully box." Article by Jennifer Borget for News 8 Austin.
Prenton High School Tackles Bullying with Web Initiative -- Article by Sue McCann for the Birkenhead News.
Officials Hope Anonymous Online Reports Will Reduce Bullying -- Article by Lindsay Peterson for the Tampa Tribune.. See also Hillsborough Schools Launch Reporting System for Bullying, by Adam Emerson for the Tampa Tribune.
Students to Use the Internet.... -- Students are to be allowed to text administrators about bullying incidents. Article by Laura Oleniacz for the Sun Journal.
Online System Allows Faster Bully Reporting -- Parents may report the bullying of their children via a website. Article by Kara Phelps for the NewsChief.
Schoolgirls Tackle Bus Run Bullies -- Article web-published by the BBC.
Plight of Bullied Teen Brings Letters of Support from Around the World -- 14-year-old Olivia Gardner, who was bullied so much at school that she is being homeschooled, has received over 500 letters of support from all over the U.S. Article by Jim Staats for the Marin Independent Journal. See also Plight of Marin "Bullying" Victim Inspires Book, by Beth Ashley for the Marin Independent Journal.
School Offers Safe Haven for Victims of Bullying -- Three older students have set up a lunchroom table for bullied students at their school. Article web-published by the Northern Scot.
Helping Students Build Outside Social Connections Can Prevent School Bullying -- Bullied students are brought together into small groups in hopes that they will become friends. Article by Sue Loughlin for the Tribune-Star.
Bullies to be Tackled Using Samurai Code of Honour -- Students in a British middle school are to be taught the basics of the bushido code. Article by Chris Brayshay for the Northern Echo. See also Samurai Lessons to Beat Bullying, web-published by the BBC.
The Surviving Bullies Project -- The Project charges $15 for its anti-bullying workbook, which seems a bit steep to me. But they do have some useful information and links on their website.
The Best Protectors From Bullies? Girls -- A survey found that more girls than boys say they are likely to help bullying victims. Article by Cathy Keen for the University of Florida.
The Silent Majority -- Article by Bella English for the Boston Globe.
Anti-Bully Program Puts Adults in the Know -- A school system is encouraging bystanders to report bullying and to befriend bullying victims. Article by Gregory R. Norfleet for the West Branch Times.
Bullying, Bystanders and You -- Article by Adam Bennett for KAMR>.
Bullies and Bystanders -- Article by Linda Petrusi for Caribbean Net News.
Harrison Arts Center Production Targets Bystanders -- Article by Gary White for the Ledger.
In mentoring programs, small groups of students, often student leaders, are urged to help victims by expressing disapproval of bullying. Some such programs are aimed at the mentors' peer groups; others at younger students.
Bullying Best Prevented by Pupils -- Article web-published by the BBC.
Twinfield Union Focus of Study on Bullying, Bias -- Article by Anne Nadel for the Times-Argus.
Boost for Bullying Mentor Scheme -- Article web-published by the BBC.
MPUSD Program Aims To Curb Bullying -- Students are being trained as mentors. Article web-published by KSBW.
Covert Operation Turns School Bullies into Protectors -- Bullied students' guidance counselors assemble a team of six of their classmates: four popular students and a student's two worst bullies, and charge them with keeping the bullied student safe and happy. Article by Catherine Woulfe for the Sunday Star Times.
Attleboro Students Set to Lead Fight against Bullies -- with a peer mentoring program. Article by Rick Foster for the Sun Chronicle.
"It's the Bullies Who Have Something Wrong with Them -- Article by Mike Pyle for the Wokingham Times.
Program Teaches About Anti-Bullying -- Article about the Safe Schools Ambassadors Program, by Andrea Thomas for the Paper of Montgomery County.
New! Sioux City Schools Work to Stand Up to Bullying -- Article by Allissa Hopkins for KTIV.
In this sort of program, all students in the school are encouraged by teachers and staff to befriend victims and express disapproval of bullying.
Orlando School Program Helps Stop Bullies -- Article by Kathy Marsh for WESH.
Seattle Schools May Not Be Quite As Scary As They Were -- Follow-up article about various anti-bullying programs undertaken by the Seattle school system. Article by Deborah Bach for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Bullying is Not Cool -- Article by Joe Rizza for the Mineola American.
Anti-Bullying Program Shows Success -- Article web-published by WESH.
Starlight Runner Goes Back to School with Anti-Bullying Hip-Hop DVD -- Press release web-published by Top40-Charts.
School Program Battles Bullying, Even in Cyberspace -- Article by Bruce A. Tomaselli for the Catholic Register.
Program Targets Student Insolation [sic], Bullying -- Article about an implementation of a program based on an essay by Rachel Joy Scott, one of the students killed at Columbine. Article web-published by the Dispatch.
JFK Middle School Targets Bullying -- A middle school has adopted an anti-bullying program involving assigning students to small-group discussion circles. Article by Catherine Buday for the Hudson Sun.
Templeton Middle School Reins in Bullying -- A middle school teacher ripped up her students' anti-bullying posters and then told them, "That's how a victim feels." Article by Katherine Michalets for the Freeman, web-published by GMToday.
Local School, U. of I. Professor, Part of Anti-Bully Film Debuting March 28 -- An Australian filmmaker came to the U.S. to make "Stories of Us," a documentary about school bullying. Article by Craig Chamberlain for the News Bureau.
Bullying Prevention Week "Here to Stay" -- Article about an implementation of the Olweus program, by Mary Anne Greier for the Salem News.
Students Encouraged to Start a Chain Reaction -- Article about an implementation of Rachel's Challenge, by Andrea Johnson for the Minot Daily News.
These programs set aside a day or a week for "bullying awareness", rather than being ongoing efforts throughout the school year.
N.S. Students Rebuke Bullies by Wearing Pink -- A boy was beaten up for wearing a pink shirt. Two other boys were angry about the incident, so they wore pink and urged their friends to wear pink. Then more and more students in schools across Nova Scotia joined in. Article web-published by the Toronto Star. See also Pink Floods School Hallways in Bid for Tolerance, , Hampton Academy Eighth-Graders Tickled Pink, by Christina Hamilton for the Hampton Union, web-published by Seacoast Online.
Schools elsewhere objected to their students' wearing pink. See Pink-Shirt Punishment Infuriates Schoolgirl's Mother, web-published by the Vancouver Sun.
School Supports Solidarity with 500 Yellow Shirts -- Students, inspired by the Canadian pink-shirt protest, wore yellow shirts to protest bullying. Article by Darcie Hoenig for the Hawk Eye.
As School Starts So Does Bullying -- A group called Love Our Children USA is trying to drum up support for a "National Blue Shirt Day" on October 5th, 2009 to protest bullying. Press release on PR.com.
Confronting Prejudice -- Article by Sarah Viren for the Houston Chronicle.
Making a Difference -- Article by Pete Kendall for the Cleburne Times-Review.
Students' Video Fights Bullying -- Article by George Graham for the Republican.
Students Star in Anti-Bullying Film -- Article by Michael Purton for News Shopper.
Bullying Addressed by Middle School Program -- Article by Lauren Sausser for the Hooksett Banner about an anti-bullying program in which teachers read a novel about bullying to their homerooms each morning for a month.
Silence to Answer Bullying -- GLSEN is organizing a nationwide Day of Silence, during which participating students will refuse to speak to anyone as a protest against bullying. Article by Ronnie Blair for the Tampa Tribune.
Cunha Students Lead the Way with Bullying Program -- Students organized a month's worth of anti-bullying programs and activities. Article web-published by the Half Moon Bay Review.
Placentia Students Create Video Against Bullying -- Students created a DVD, "Faces of Bullying." Article web-published by the CBC.
Middle School Campaign Focussing on Bullying -- Students were encouraged to sign an anti-bullying contract. Article by Sue Kraft for the Devil's Lake Journal.
Student Produced PSA on Bullying -- High school students have produced two anti-bullying videos. Article by Justine Judge for WSHM.
Fighting Back Against Bullying -- A school will be showing its students the film "Odd Girl Out." Article by Alison Langley for the Niagara Falls Review.
Aprende Middle School Students See the Impact of Bullying -- Students were lined up and asked to step forward or backward depending on how much they had been bullied. Article by Georgann Yara for the Arizona Republic.
Creekwood Middle School Addresses Bullying Through Theater -- Students wrote and produced an anti-bullying play. Article by Ann McIlhany for the Tribune.
Students' Anti-Bullying Video a Big Hit -- Article by Craig O'Neill and Paul Ritter for KTHV.
Preventing Bullying at Noble Middle School -- Article web-published by WWAY.
New! No Name Calling Week.... -- Press release by GLSEN, web-published by Diversity, Inc..
Targeted Violence in Schools -- Article by Brooke Whitted, an Illinois lawyer who defends bullied students.
Simple Changes Bring Results -- Article by Laura Tode for the Independent Record.
Bullies Beware: Sutherlin's Watching -- Article about an in-service day on bullying. Article by Teresa Williams for the News-Review.
Tracy Unified Works to Wipe Out Bullying -- Article by Zachary K. Johnson for the Record..
Anti-Bullying Program Expands to More Schools -- Article web-published by WBAL.
School Workers Hear Call to End Bullying -- Article by Greg Gelpi for the Augusta Chronicle.
One Goal in Mind -- Column by Sue Baldauf for the Bedford Minuteman.
Session Warns of School Bullying -- Article by Megan Schmidt for the Holland Sentinel.
New! Drivers Work to Address Bullying on School Buses -- Article by Courtney Whalen for the Western Review.
"Ozy and Millie" © 1999 by D.C. Simpson, and appears here by permission.
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