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Volume 12 | Issue 19 | June 8, 2017
Although the caricature of a bully stealing lunch money or shoving a student into a locker is easily identifiable in a school setting, educators will tell you that the bullying behaviors they grapple with are much subtler and more diffuse. This issue looks at the new skill set educators and students are using to detect, prevent, and respond to bullying by addressing antecedent behaviors, supporting digital citizenship, intervening when peers are targeted, and creating safe school communities.
Laura Varlas
What if we've been going about bullying detection and prevention all wrong? Elizabeth Englander, the director of the Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center, says eliminating bullying requires noticing and responding to the (often minor) contemptuous behaviors that create a receptive climate for bullying.
Zachariah Sippy
Students want dialogue, not discipline, to be the lever for school climate change. A Student Voice Team member relates how students become disenfranchised from school issues like bullying and why students need to be welcomed as full partners in creating healthy learning environments.
Mark Covelle
Through empathy and a student-centered, restorative approach, an assistant principal confronts two big challenges to bullying prevention: gaining student trust and understanding new digital communication landscapes.
John Boggs
Giving students a place to talk about complicated issues creates opportunities for them to connect and for disparate student groups to find common ground.
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