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Thursday, May 24, 2012

School Bullying: Do New Guidelines Do Enough?

A new pamphlet by the National School Boards Association spells out guidelines school officials should use to combat bullying, an issue many St. Louis-area schools have dealt with.

New guidelines from the National School Boards Association, released this week, spell out ways school officials should address the issue of bullying in their classrooms, while protecting the First Amendment rights of students. The guidelines (PDF) start with the free speech issue: "The fact that some speech deeply upsets, offends or angers some citizens is not a justification for banning or limiting the speech....In general, a listener is free to avoid hateful speech, to turn away, and, of course, to respond and to challenge it. But listeners may not insist that government silence the speech." (Please see the PDF file attached to this article for more details.) An article in Education Week notes that "the new guidelines were produced by …

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Monday, May 7, 2012

The Silent Treatment for an Anti-Bullying Message

Rockwood South Middle School students participate movement to raise awareness about bullying.

Rockwood South Middle School, 1628 Hawkins Rd., Fenton, students participated in a national movement Friday to raise awareness about bullying. Students wore signs to signify their participation and to challenge others to stand up for those who are bullied. At 11 a.m. the students stood in front of school and observed five minutes of silence, joining other students in the Rockwood School District.

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