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Diversity and Social Equity

"Just Joking"—Helping Students Understand When Teasing Hurts

"Just Joking"—Helping Students Understand When Teasing Hurts

No matter what you teach, if you are a middle school teacher you want to set up some norms and guidelines for your classroom. Even better, you want to be on the same page with the other teachers. But this is middle...
Author: Rosalind Wiseman
Number of views (24324)/Comments (3)/
Topics: Bullying/School SafetySchool Culture/Climate
Tags: Safety
Welcoming Highly Mobile Students

Welcoming Highly Mobile Students

Making students who move from school to school feel welcome.

A Florida newspaper reporter asked me what life is like for the student who moves three or more times a year. So I gave him this scenario, and the conversation developed from there: A Typical Scenario You are a...
Author: Ruby K. Payne
Number of views (20029)/Comments (0)/
Topics: Health, Wellness, GuidanceLeadershipTeachingSchool Culture/Climate
Tags: Safety

Creating the Cougar Watch: Learning to be Proactive Against Bullying in Schools

Despite reticence from the central office, strong middle level teacher leaders worked together to develop an effective anti-bullying program that addresses a significant need for safety and inclusion for all middle school students.

This we believe: The school environment is inviting, safe, inclusive, and supportive of all. According to a nationally representative survey conducted by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development...
Author: Robert W. Smith, Kayce Smith
Number of views (22543)/Comments (0)/
Topics: Bullying/School SafetySchool Culture/Climate
Tags: Safety
Break the Silence and Make School Safe for All Kids!

Break the Silence and Make School Safe for All Kids!

Awareness and Strategies for Teachers

On January 2 1997, 14-year old Robbie Kirkland committed suicide after a four-year struggle to accept and find peace with his homosexuality. Robbie’s family loved, accepted, and supported him, but that...
Author: Norma J. Bailey
Number of views (26174)/Comments (1)/
Topics: Bullying/School SafetySchool Culture/Climate
Tags: Sexual OrientationSelf-esteemSafety
Student Voices Against Bullying

Student Voices Against Bullying

Students sit down face to face to confront bullies and bullying.

Bullying isn’t what it used to be. In the age of social media, taunts and gossip are now posted on the Internet for all to see. When those comments become bullying that affects our students, educators require a...
Author: Sean M. Brooks
Number of views (24466)/Comments (5)/
Topics: Bullying/School SafetyLeadership
Tags: CyberbullyingSafety

10 Steps to a Safer School

Academic rigor, achievement on standardized tests, character education, and student behavior will always be important topics, but above all, parents want their children to come home safely and in the same physical...
Author: James Davis
Number of views (52843)/Comments (1)/
Topics: Bullying/School SafetyLeadership
Tags: School ViolenceSafety

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