Archive for September 2023

This will sound like a setup to a joke, so please bear with me. Two students walk into the principal’s office. One points at the other and says, “He’s bullying me!” and the other says, “No I’m not!” Who’s right? They both are. But the principal, as required by policy, launches an investigation and then…

The Rockaway Township School District in New Jersey recently settled with the parents of Mallory Grossman over its failure to take appropriate action to stop the bullying that led to Mallory’s death by suicide. The district of the Covington Middle School in Indiana may be headed for a similar outcome due to its failure to…

The parents of Mallory Grossman, a 12-year-old girl who died by suicide in 2017 after being bullied at Copeland Middle School in the Rockaway Township School District in New Jersey, reached a $9.1 million settlement with the district over its failure to do its part in stopping the bullying. This case should be a wake-up…

A reminder to any school principal who is planning bullying prevention education for the next school year: An effective program should include students, educators, and parents. In particular, implementing education and policy components for students and educators are most critical. Students can be educated on bullying and ways to render aggression ineffective; however, educators must…