where bullying happens2

students are bullied each year1

types of bullying( i n o r d e r o f m o s t t o l e a s t c o m m o n

2

)

prevalence of bullying by social network

( f r o m a p o l l o f m o r e t h a n 1 0 , 0 0 0 s t u d e n t s2

)

of social-media-using teens who have witnessed cruelty online

4

:

students who have been bullied reported

9

:

NOTABLE states2

20% of students grade 9 - 12 reportedly have exper ienced bully ing or feel ing bull ied

1 in 7 students are either a

bully or victim of bullying1

28% of students in grades 6 - 12 report the same

2

34%classroom 47%

hallway

19%other

(bus, playground, cafeter ia )

cyberbullying: k modern face u bulling

what’s being done: o legislature

what can you do? ways to help in your school

the basics

75% use facebook 43% use twitter

54% of those exper ienced

cyberbully ing

66% use youtube

2 1% of those exper ienced

cyberbully ing

28% of those exper ienced

cyberbully ing

36% use ask .fm

26% of those exper ienced

cyberbully ing

24% use instagram

24% of those exper ienced

cyberbully ing

24% use tumblr

22% of those experienced

cyberbullying

children were harassed, threatened, or subjected to other forms of cyberbullying

on facebook last year alone3

.

66%have seen others jo in ing

95%see the behavior

be ing ignored

21%have jo ined

in on theharassment

montana:only state with no anti-bullying laws

(only policy)

north dakota:praised for their 201 1

law that defines bullying and outlines preventative

measures for schools

georgia:first state to implement

bullying legislation

number of state laws( e n a c t e d b y y e a r , 1 9 9 9 - 2 0 1 0

5)

2 5

2 0

1 5

1 0

5

0

1 9 9 9 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 5 2 0 0 6 2 0 0 7 2 0 0 8 2 0 0 9 2 0 1 0

98% of students want teachers to intervene in bullying7

o n l y a b o u t 2 5 % o f s t u d e n t s w h o a r e

b u l l i e d n o t i f y a n a d u l t6

b u l l y i n g s t o p s w i t h i n 1 0 s e c o n d s ( 5 7 % o f t h e t i m e ) w h e n s o m e o n e

i n t e r v e n e s2.

REFERENCES1 . dosomething .org2 . nobul ly ing .com

3 . http : / /www.consumerreports .org /cro/magazine- archive/2011/ june/electronics-computers/state-of-the-net/facebook-concerns/ index.htm 4 . http : / /www.pewinternet .org /2011/11 /09/teens-kindness- and-cruelty-on-socia l-network-s i tes/

5 . http : / /www2.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/bul ly ing /state-bul ly ing- laws/state-bul ly ing- laws.pdf6. stopbul ly ing .gov

7. solut ionsforbul ly ing .org8. census.gov

9. Davis , S . , & Nixon, C. (2010) . The youth voice research project : Vict imizat ion and strategies10. U.S Department of Educat ion, Analys is of State Bul ly ing Laws and Pol ic ies , 2011

11 . http : / /cyber. law.harvard.edu/s i tes/cyber. law.harvard.edu/files/State_Anti_bul ly ing_Legis lat ion_Overview_0.pdf

t h e m o s t h e l p f u l t h i n g s t e a c h e r s c a n d o a r e :

• l i s t e n t o t h e b u l l i e d s t u d e n t

• c h e c k - i n w i t h t h e m t o s e e i f t h e b u l l y i n g s t o p p e d

• g i v e t h e s t u d e n t a d v i c e .

t h e m o s t h a r m f u l t h i n g s t e a c h e r s c a n d o a r e :

• t e l l t h e s t u d e n t t o s o l v e t h e p r o b l e m t h e m s e l v e s

• t e l l t h e s t u d e n t t h e b u l l y i n g w o u l d n ’ t h a p p e n i f t h e y a c t e d d i f f e r e n t l y

• i g n o r e w h a t i s g o i n g o n

• t e l l t h e s t u d e n t t o s t o p t a t t l i n g

s t u d e n t s e l f - a c t i o n s t h a t h a v e

s o m e o f t h e m o s t n e g a t i v e i m p a c t s * :

• t e l l i n g t h e b u l l y t o s t o p

• t e l l i n g t h e b u l l y h o w t h e y f e e l

• w a l k i n g a w a y

• p r e t e n d i n g t h e b u l l y i n g d o e s n ’ t b o t h e r t h e m

*these actions are often used by / recommended to youth

Hero can help make routine incident intervention more likely, which, on its own, reduces bullying by 10%1.

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new jersey:currently has

the strictest laws of all states

colorado:the unfortunate columbine

incident of 1999 was the catalyst for present

anti-bullying statutes

there is no federal anti-bullying law

6

. although 49 states have anti -bully ing leg islat ion ,

bully ing is not illegal . bully ing only breaks federal

law when it can also be cons idered harassment .

pending federal legislation1 1

safe schools improvement actthis bill would require states to

collect & report data on bullying

& provide assistance to schools

related to bullying prevention.

anti-bullying & harassment actthis bill would require states to use

grants to report information on bullying

& require schools to use sub-grants for

prevention & response measures.