Bill to Curb Cyberbullying Passes Texas House
The Texas House voted 130-to-11 Friday to pass Senate Bill 179, legislation intended to prevent online harassment and punish cyberbullies in public schools.
The Texas House voted 130-to-11 Friday to pass Senate Bill 179, legislation intended to prevent online harassment and punish cyberbullies in public schools.
The San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) has been working with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on “anti-Islamophobia” plans, including adding lessons on Islam in social studies classes and adding Muslim “safe spaces” to campuses.
The tragic suicide of a Texas teen late last year left one family with few answers and even less justice until this week when authorities arrested and indicted two suspects in connection with the cyber-bullying of their daughter.
A 12-year-old boy in Missouri was attacked on a school bus by his peers for wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat—and was suspended from school as a result.
Wednesday on Fox News Channel’s “Shepard Smith Reporting,” network “The Kelly File” host Megyn Kelly talked to Shepard Smith about the months-long ordeal she experienced in her back-and-forth with then-GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump. Kelly, who was promoting her book
An 11-year old boy was assaulted by several classmates in his Texas classroom, after he said he had supported Donald Trump in a school mock-election.
A handful of parents recently accused Texas public school employees of either bullying or abusing their children. School districts say they take these complaints very seriously and investigate them thoroughly.
Last week, California Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 2845, the Safe Place to Learn Act, which seeks to protect students from anti-Muslim bullying — and no other kind of bullying based on religion.
University of California Los Angeles law student Milan Chatterjee, the former president of the school’s Graduate Student Association (GSA), revealed that he is leaving for New York University because of discrimination, bullying and harassment by anti-Israel students at the publicly-funded California school.
Child actor and musician-turned-model Jaden Smith, the 17-year-old son of Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, opens up about his dress-wearing modeling career in Nylon fashion and beauty magazine’s first ever male cover issue.
President Barack Obama defended his decision to release a rule forcing schools to allow students to use their bathroom of choice regardless of gender.
Rapper 50 Cent is accused of bullying an apparently disabled teen, whom he alleged, in a video he posted on Instagram Sunday, of being high on drugs.
Pressure is piling on Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and the party’s youth wing after a series of revelations and claims over bullying tactics used to control young members, and anti-Semitism. Labour MP for Middlesbrough South Tom Blenkinsop is leading calls
Allegations of bullying are swirling around the ‘Young Labour’ party conference taking place this weekend, after an activist accused a Unite union boss of intimidation. Fellow activists, political pundits and Members of Parliament have been moved to respond to accusations of
In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama used the words of Pope Francis during his visit last fall to strengthen his call for further openness, specifically toward Muslims in the United States, and as a challenge, particularly to GOP frontrunner Donald Trump.
A private school, designed primarily for LGBT youth and teachers, is scheduled to open in September in Atlanta, Georgia.
A “Dear Colleague” guidance letter, signed by former U.S. Education Department (USED) Secretary Arne Duncan and Acting Secretary John King, warns school leaders against “targeting of particular students for harassment or blame,” particularly Muslim and Syrian refugee students.
Attorney General Loretta Lynch urged Muslim parents to contact both the justice department and the education department if they think their children are being “bullied” in school.
The Federal Bureau Of Investigation has suspended the unveiling of a new counter-radicalization website designed for kids after fringe Islamic advocacy organizations said the anti-terror programming discriminates against Muslims.
Actress Kate Winslet has lent her voice to create a short film for children, to combat bullying.
Three women have spoken out against the suspended former Tory party candidate at the centre of a bullying investigation following the suicide of a young activist. Two accuse him sexual assault, and it is alleged he “liked rough sex” and
Christian bakers Aaron and Melissa Klein shared the shocking details of the same-sex wedding cake that closed their business with hosts Stephen K. Bannon and Alex Marlow of the SiriusXM 125 Breitbart News Saturday radio program broadcast from on scene at the Values Voters Summit.
Outraged best describes a Central Texas family after a high school boy at school smeared super glue onto their daughter’s hair, burning her scalp. The family says the high school only disciplined the culprit after the girl’s father threatened to call 9-1-1.
In a free society we understand, cherish and protect the right of speech. All kinds of speech. Primarily offensive speech with which we disagree. In order to remain civilized, we draw a big red line between speech and violence. This
Monica Lewinsky received a standing ovation at the Cannes Lions festival on Thursday after delivering a fiery anti-bullying speech in which she called herself the “patient zero” of online abuse.
A survey finds that K-12 teachers feel that family stress and poverty are the top two hurdles students face in getting an education in America today. Psychological problems come in third as a barrier for education.
A survey conducted in 2013 and published in the School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey insists that almost 1 in 4 U.S. students (22%) age 12-18 say they have been bullied in school. In 2011 the figure was 28%.
Perhaps just two or three decades ago, gay and lesbian individuals and their support groups expressed a desire for others to accept them for who they were. Most of them likely struggled with their sexual identity, and ultimately, they wanted to know that the important people in their lives loved them and cared for them no matter what. Acceptance was the goal for gays and lesbians back then. My, how things have changed.
A North Texas teen acted in self-defense when he was being bullied in the school showers. He was suspended for his actions. Now, his parents, upset over that suspension, filed a lawsuit against the school district.
Parents in a North Texas community came out in force to rally against bullying and mourn the loss of a young teenage boy who committed suicide. Raymond Howell, Jr. took his life following relentless bullying. He was only 14-years-old. His death has rocked a North Texas community where parents rallied against bullying on Thursday, April 9.
An influx of hipsters mixing with the high-tech culture in San Francisco’s Mission District resulted in a brouhaha this past weekend when some partying bros spewed a heap of verbal abuse and insults on park patrol officers who were trying to keep Dolores Park clean.
Two judges on New Zealand’s X Factor, a televised singing competition, have been fired for crudely berating a contestant.
Former *NSYNC singer Lance Bass is breaking his silence over why he came out as gay in 2006. Bass said that “bully bloggers” like Perez Hilton gave him a 24-hour ultimatum to come out or they would expose him.
Lorenzo Delpani, the Italian-born CEO of United States-based cosmetics company Revlon, allegedly believes Americans are “dirty” and “small-minded,” that “Jews stick together,” and that he has the ability to “smell a black person” upon entering a room, according to a lawsuit.