School Bullying

Cyber-Bulling Law Shields Teachers From Student Tormentors

Lisa Miller — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 08:04:00 +0000

Ganging up on classmates online can get students suspended.

But sometimes teachers are the target of cyberbullying, and in North Carolina, educators have said enough is enough. State officials have now made it a crime to "intimidate or torment" teachers online.

Chip Douglas knew something was up with his 10th-grade English class. When he was teaching, sometimes he'd get a strange question and the kids would laugh. It started to make sense when he learned a student had created a fake Twitter account using his name.

"It was awful," he says.

Online 'Shaming' A New Level Of Cyberbullying For Girls

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:48:00 +0000

Many teenagers are living half their lives on social media sites, and they're writing the rules as they go. One online trend 16-year-old Temitayo Fagbenle finds disturbing is something she calls "slut shaming" — using photos and videos to turn a girl's private life inside out. Temitayo reported this story as part of the Radio Rookies program at member station WNYC.

'Bully Creep' Or 'Erudite Takedown?' TV Anchor's Response To Being Called Fat

Mark Memmott — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 20:18:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUOpqd0rQSo

Teen's Suicide Prompts Anti-Bullying Editorial

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:04:00 +0000
Transcript
MELISSA BLOCK, HOST:
Yesterday, the Sioux City Journal in Iowa did something it had never done before. It devoted the entire front page of its Sunday paper to an editorial. The headline, "We Must Stop Bullying, It Starts Here and It Starts Now." That editorial came soon after a 14-year-old Iowa boy named Kenneth Weishuhn committed suicide.

Children With Autism Are Often Targeted By Bullies

Jon Hamilton — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 07:39:00 +0000
Lots of kids get bullied. But kids with autism are especially vulnerable.
A new survey by the Interactive Autism Network found that nearly two-thirds of children with autism spectrum disorders have been bullied at some point.