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State anti-bullying law to be reworked

February 1, 2012 By Anne Leave a Comment

New Jersey's stepped-up bullying prevention law has been deemed unconstitutional not for its spirit but for its cost. It was the state's Council on Local Mandates that ruled the law – the "Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights," which "was seen as one of the toughest in the nation" – unconstitutional as an unfunded mandate, the Tri-Boro Patch reports. The legislation's lead sponsor, Assemblywoman Valerie … [Read more...] about State anti-bullying law to be reworked

Filed Under: bullying, cyberbullying, Research, Risk & Safety Tagged With: anti-bullying law, bullying, cyberbullying, Cyberbullying Research Center, legislation, New Jersey, state laws

New state anti-bullying law challenges schools

September 2, 2011 By Anne Leave a Comment

The New Jersey anti-bullying law passed after the suicide death of Tyler Clementi went into effect this week and is "considered the toughest legislation against bullying in the nation," the New York Times reports. This is good news for New Jersey parents of targeted students who have found schools unresponsive but apparently tough news for schools. School officials worry that the legal requirement … [Read more...] about New state anti-bullying law challenges schools

Filed Under: bullying, cyberbullying, Risk & Safety Tagged With: bullying, cyberbullying, New Jersey, school policy, schools, state laws, Tyler Clementi

Fresh takes on ‘cyberbullying’ & how to deal with it

September 10, 2010 By Anne Leave a Comment

A subhead to this post might be "The flaws of laws" – but also the flawed term "cyberbullying" itself. Every kid is very individual, so every case of bullying or cyberbullying is very individual. It's therefore difficult and probably very unwise to make generalizations about the cases, the children involved, or bullying in general. And increasingly I'm hearing from risk-prevention experts, even as … [Read more...] about Fresh takes on ‘cyberbullying’ & how to deal with it

Filed Under: cyberbullying, Law & Policy, Research, Risk & Safety, Social Media Tagged With: bullying, Center for Safe & Responsible Internet Use, cyberbullying, cyberbullying laws, federal law, Norton Online Family, Riva Richmond, Safe Schools Improvement Act, SafeSocial, SafetyWeb, social aggression, SocialShield, state laws, students

Why anti-bullying laws don’t work: School psychologist’s view

May 17, 2010 By Anne 4 Comments

With the passage of Massachusetts's new anti-bullying law, 42 states now have laws against bullying, Education Week reports, citing "the most recent data available from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration" of the Department of Health and Human Services. But anti-bullying laws don't work, says Izzy Kalman in a blog at Psychology Today. They don't work because they require a … [Read more...] about Why anti-bullying laws don’t work: School psychologist’s view

Filed Under: bullying, cyberbullying, Law & Policy, Risk & Safety, School & Tech, school policy Tagged With: bullying, cyberbullying, Izzy Kalman, school policy, state laws

MA passed its anti-bullying law

April 30, 2010 By Anne Leave a Comment

The Massachusetts state legislature unanimously yesterday passed a new law "cracking down on bullying," the Boston Globe reports. "The bill gained momentum after the deaths of the 15-year-old [Phoebe] Prince [of South Hadley] and 11-year-old Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover of Springfield, who allegedly committed suicide after being bullied." The bill now goes to Gov. Deval Patrick for signing; a … [Read more...] about MA passed its anti-bullying law

Filed Under: bullying, cyberbullying, Law & Policy, Risk & Safety, School & Tech, school policy, Social Media Tagged With: bullying, cyberbullying, Massachusetts, school policy, state laws

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NAMLE, the National Association for Media Literacy Education
CASEL.org & the 5 core social-emotional competencies of SEL
Center for Democracy & Technology
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Committee for Children
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ConnectSafely.org
Control Shift: a pivotal book for Internet safety
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Cyber Civil Rights Initiative's Revenge Porn Crisis Line
Cyberwise.org
danah boyd's blog and book about networked youth
Disconnected, Carrie James's book on digital ethics
FOSI.org's Good Digital Parenting
The research of Global Kids Online
The Good Project at Harvard's School of Education
If you watch nothing else: "Parenting in a Digital Age" TED Talk by Prof. Sonia Livingstone
The International Bullying Prevention Association
Let Grow Foundation
Making Caring Common
Raising Digital Natives, author Devorah Heitner's site
Renee Hobbs at the Media Education Lab
MediaSmarts.ca
The New Media Literacies
Report of the Aspen Task Force on Learning & the Internet and our guide to Creating Trusted Learning Environments
The Ruler Approach to social-emotional learning (Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence)
Sources of Strength
"Young & Online: Perspectives on life in a digital age" from young people in 26 countries (via UNICEF)
"Youth Safety on a Living Internet": 2010 report of the Online Safety & Technology Working Group (and my post about it)

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