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Yes, you can be arrested and go to jail for bullying

It’s National Bullying Prevention Month, so we want to focus on some of the bullying and cyberbullying questions we’ve received 

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50 high school football players suspended for bullying and more

The following story was written by Gregg Doyel for CBSSports.com. You can read the rest of the story here. The 

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Bullying cases gone too far?

Last month, an eighth grade student in New Jersey was on trial for allegedly calling another student “fat”, “horse” and 

Day of Silence 2013
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Day of Silence 2013

This Friday April 19, 2013 marks GLSEN’s 18th annual Day of Silence supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth while raising 

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Student bullies through Instagram

Whenever a new technological advance comes on the market or a new app is created, someone will inevitably use it 

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High school newspapers confiscated for screenshot of F-bomb

The first issue of the 2012-2013 school year’s student newspaper in Oregon was censored in October, 2012. The Bronco Blaze 

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Bullying victim converts bully to tolerance

Balpreet Kaur was standing in line at Ohio State’s University Library. Unbeknownst to her, someone took her picture and posted 

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Canada’s high court protects cyberbullied teen

A.B. was 15 years old when she discovered that someone had created a fake Facebook page using her profile picture. 

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Does running laps constitute corporal punishment?

Many, if not most, school districts have written policies regarding student discipline. The use of physical punishment (swats or paddling and outside 

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Sexting contributes to teen’s suicide

When 12-year-old Amanda Todd was in the seventh grade, she and a few friends were playing with a camcorder. They were posting pictures 

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