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Mitch PerryJanuary 22, 2018

A contentious bill that would expand the state’s school voucher system to allow children who are bullied to use tax dollars to pay private school tuition was approved by a Senate committee Monday. Senate President-designate Bill Galvano’s bill (SB 1172) would establish the Hope Scholarship Program to provide the parent of a public school student subjected […]

Associated PressMarch 3, 2016

Ryan Lysek rose to become vice president of his fifth-grade class at Lorraine Academy in Buffalo, New York, after the sitting veep got bounced for saying things that went against the school’s anti-bullying rules. So the 10-year-old is a little puzzled that candidates running to lead the entire country can get away with name-calling and […]

Guest AuthorApril 8, 2014

I am against bullying. Everyone is. Even bullies are against bullies when they are the ones being bullied. The Florida Department of Education defines bullying as, “Systematically and chronically inflicting physical hurt or psychological distress on one or more students or employees that is severe or pervasive enough to create an intimidating, hostile, or offensive […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 6, 2014

She stood six inches shorter than the student, but the teacher had somehow managed to get into his face anyway. Her body language screamed as loudly as her voice. “Hit me! Go ahead! I’ll lay you out, boy!” The young man’s face was tense, but he never flinched. He refused to be provoked. Let’s get […]

Guest AuthorOctober 24, 2013

The tragedy of Rebecca Ann Sedwick’s suicide continues to be compounded. One young life has been lost and two more are in danger of ruin, and one wonders which was worse, the lack of adult supervision that caused Rebecca’s death or the overabundance of it in the reaction that followed. Rebecca was 12 when she […]

Tag: bullying

Legislation: Bullied kids could transfer to private school

Schools find presidential campaign talk conflicts with no-bullies message

Jamie Miller: Do we need to legislate bullying?

Deborah Hansen: Adults are often the people who teach kids how to bully

Cary McMullen: An eye for an eye is not justice for Rebecca