| By: Committee for Children Wall-to-Wall Bullying Prevention by Jill Ramsay Many schools and districts are faced with increasing state and district mandates to implement bullying curricula and lessons for all students. But more importantly, educators want to foster a learning environment free from bullying, and the best way to do that is to implement a bullying prevention program schoolwide. Finding a research-based curriculum that provides direct instruction to students and training for staff can be challenging at…Read More
| By: Committee for Children Book Review: Hot Issues, Cool Choices: Facing Bullies, Peer Pressure, Popularity, and Put-Downs by Sandra McLeod Humphrey Reading Level: Grades 4-7 “Sometimes my friends just stand there and watch. And sometimes they join in and pick on me, too.” Emerson Elementary is a fictitious school filled with students who are trying to navigate the complicated social scene of the tween years. Each chapter of Hot Issues, Cool Choices features a boy or girl who presents a…Read More
| By: Committee for Children Keeping Youth Safe Online http://www.seattleschild.com/article/keeping-youth-safe-onlineRead More
| By: Rachel Kamb Bullying Isn’t Cool by Rachel Kamb Paul is small for his age—and Jordan is constantly there to remind him. “Puny Paul” is what Jordan and his friends like to call him. During a typical recess, Paul can be found cowering at the edge of the playground while Jordan spits on him. Paul might try to move away, but there is nowhere for him to go. Jordan’s friends laugh, while other students either pretend they don’t see… Read More
| By: Committee for Children A Story About Bullying: Part 2 In Part 1 of this story, I shared some of the experiences of Connor’s parents, as well as my own, when hearing about his bullying situation. Now, I would like to look at what happened at the school level.Read More
| By: Committee for Children Measuring Bullying Behavior Just Got Easier New Survey Instrument Helps Educators Improve Learning Environment Read More | By: Committee for Children Child Abuse and Trafficking: The Connection Read More | By: Committee for Children A Story About Bullying: Part 1 Some friends contacted me recently about a situation their son was having at school. He was frequently teased by a group of three boys. They would call him names, trip and push him: in class, at lunch, in the hallways, and at recess. Other students would join in or watch. I immediately recognized that this was a bullying situation since the stories involved repetitiveness, unequal power, and intent to harm.Read More | By: Committee for Children State Policy and Standards Related to Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) The CASEL State Policy and Standards web page provides a number of important resources about state policies and standards. Following are several key points from CASEL’s…Read More | By: Committee for Children Congress Finally Acts—Sequestration Cuts Are Over In a rare display of bipartisanship cooperation, the US House and Senate were able to pass in January a $1.1 trillion omnibus appropriations bill that will fund the federal government for the remainder of fiscal year 2014 (the fiscal year began last October 1 and will end on September 30, 2014). The funding bill restores (or nearly restores) many of the cuts that were implemented through the dreaded sequestration process. Funding levels for some of the key programs that affect young…Read More paging-navigation 1…4748495051…68
| By: Committee for Children A Story About Bullying: Part 1 Some friends contacted me recently about a situation their son was having at school. He was frequently teased by a group of three boys. They would call him names, trip and push him: in class, at lunch, in the hallways, and at recess. Other students would join in or watch. I immediately recognized that this was a bullying situation since the stories involved repetitiveness, unequal power, and intent to harm.Read More
| By: Committee for Children State Policy and Standards Related to Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) The CASEL State Policy and Standards web page provides a number of important resources about state policies and standards. Following are several key points from CASEL’s…Read More
| By: Committee for Children Congress Finally Acts—Sequestration Cuts Are Over In a rare display of bipartisanship cooperation, the US House and Senate were able to pass in January a $1.1 trillion omnibus appropriations bill that will fund the federal government for the remainder of fiscal year 2014 (the fiscal year began last October 1 and will end on September 30, 2014). The funding bill restores (or nearly restores) many of the cuts that were implemented through the dreaded sequestration process. Funding levels for some of the key programs that affect young…Read More