Anti Bullying Law

With God on Their Side: The Tennessee Pro-Bully Bill

Janice Harper | Posted 03.06.2012

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Janice Harper

The Tennessee "Pro-Bully" Bill is a diabolically clever effort to defend ridicule and exclusion in the name of God, while inadvertently providing a potential means to defeat some of the most politicized of Tennessee's conservative educational agendas.

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Michigan Senate Drops 'License To Bully' Bill, Adopts New Version

Posted 11.29.2011

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Michigan's state Senate dropped a bill Tuesday that critics called "a license to bully," and instead adopted a House version that represents a comprom...

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Michigan's Anti-Bullying Law Exemption Dropped By Senator

Posted 11.17.2011

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Michigan-based lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) advocacy groups say they are relieved after an area senator agreed to drop a controversia...

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Lawmakers Respond To Controversial GOP-Backed Bullying Bill

Posted 01.11.2012

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Michigan's state House passed its own version of an anti-bullying Thursday, smoothing over the language in a bill passed by the Senate last week that ...

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WATCH: Michigan Senator Calls New Bill 'A Blueprint For Bullying'

Posted 01.03.2012

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The Republican-led Michigan Senate passed a new bill requiring state school districts to implement anti-bullying policies, but one Democratic senator ...

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What's Wrong With the Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights

Linda Flanagan | Posted 12.19.2011

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Linda Flanagan

Bullies are universally loathed because their casual cruelty leaves a scar on your soul. But NJ's exhaustive law, which elevates everyday conflict into a state of emergency, seems both ill-conceived and a waste of scarce resources.

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'Country's Toughest Anti-bullying Law" Marks Anniversary Of Student Suicide

AP | SAMANTHA HENRY | Posted 11.23.2011

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NEWARK, N.J. — Does one second-grader saying another has "cooties" rise to the level of bullying? That is just one question emerging from new le...

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My Grandma's Going to Beat You Up!

Steve Nelson | Posted 11.21.2011

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Steve Nelson

Evidence supporting the so-called epidemic of bullying is scarce. As with many other social and medical phenomena, it is unclear whether the behavior has increased or the reporting of the behavior has increased.

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Stealth Bullies: The Hidden Face of Bullying

Rae Pica | Posted 11.16.2011

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Rae Pica

What if preventing bullying is as simple as paying closer attention? The research indicates this may be the case.

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Is The Country's Toughest Anti-Bullying Law Too Tough?

The Huffington Post | Emmeline Zhao | Posted 11.02.2011

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Schoolyard and lunch line bullies in New Jersey might get much heavier punishment than a trip to the principal's office. A new state law signed by ...

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Why One District Has No Instances Of Bullying, But Another Has 4,000

Posted 09.18.2011

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New anti-bullying legislation popping up around the country may need retooling, new reports show. The nationwide crackdown on bullying in the wake ...

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Facebook, Time Warner, States All Ganging Up On Bullies

Posted 09.11.2011

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Facebook and Time Warner announced today that they will partner to fight cyberbullying, a problem that has plagued both children and adults. The co...

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New Law Will Curb Bullying of LGBT Students in Colorado Schools

Jessica Cook Woodrum | Posted 08.14.2011

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Jessica Cook Woodrum

It's a fact: Colorado schools are hostile environments for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) young people. But change is on the way.

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New Jersey's Fight Against Bullying Toughest In The Nation

AP | Posted 05.26.2011

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TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey's governor has signed an anti-bullying bill that gay rights advocates say is the toughest law of its kind in the nati...

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NJ Lawmakers Approve Nation's Toughest Law To Fight School Bullying

AP | GEOFF MULVIHILL | Posted 05.25.2011

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TRENTON, N.J. — A law against bullying in schools, which advocates call the nation's toughest because it requires schools to develop anti-harass...

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NJ Lawmakers Want To Toughen Anti-Bullying Law

AP | ANGELA DELLI SANTI | Posted 05.26.2011

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TRENTON, N.J. — Sixteen-year-old Matthew Zimmer told lawmakers at a hearing Monday on toughening New Jersey's anti-bullying law that he withdrew...

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