Dear Safe Schools Coalition Members and Friends:
(1) Anti-bullying efforts credited with reducing violence in
schools
(2) Holland Goes Way Beyond “It Gets Better” In New
Anti-Bullying PSA
(3) State Investigating Teacher Videotaped Unloading on Special
Needs Student
(4) Study: Gay-Straight Alliances Mitigate Depression, Promote
College Success
(5) David Osama Haddad, Indiana Teen, Bullied, Beaten Over
Middle Eastern Ethnicity: Lawsuit
(6) Fighting Back: Teen Beaten on Camera at School Seeks Changes
(7) Study: cyberbullying associated with greater psychological
distress than bullying at high school
(8) Text-message bullying becoming more common
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(1) Anti-bullying efforts credited with reducing violence in
schools
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/education/s_767048.html
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(2) Holland Goes Way
Beyond “It Gets Better” In New Anti-Bullying PSA
http://www.queerty.com/watch-holland-goes-way-beyond-it-gets-better-in-new-anti-bullying-psa-20111113/
Watch
the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZVifKGmW3Yo
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(3) State Investigating Teacher Videotaped
Unloading on Special Needs Student
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/DYFS-to-Investigate-Teacher-Accused-of-Bullying-Student--134077438.html
Original news story of incident: http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Investigators-Student-Accuses-Teacher-of-Bullying--133858078.html
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(4) Study: Gay-Straight Alliances Mitigate
Depression, Promote College Success
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2011/11/15/368530/study-gay-straight-alliances-mitigate-depression-promote-college-success/
See full study here: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10888691.2011.607378
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(5) David Osama Haddad, Indiana
Teen, Bullied, Beaten Over Middle Eastern Ethnicity: Lawsuit
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/15/david-osama-haddad-indian_n_1094713.html?ref=chicago
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(6) Fighting Back: Teen Beaten on
Camera at School Seeks Changes
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/11/15/Fighting_Back_Teen_Beaten_on_Camera_at_School_Seeks_Changes/
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(7) Study: cyberbullying associated
with greater psychological distress than bullying at high school
http://www.boston.com/Boston/metrodesk/2011/11/study-cyberbullying-associated-with-greater-psychological-distress/v5I50X0R99Qe9fMVutJBHP/index.html
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(8) Text-message bullying becoming
more common
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/21/us-text-bullying-idUSTRE7AK1QY20111121
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