Looking for a way to fund a trip to the Kidsbridge Tolerance Museum? Grants are a great way to attain funding for your classroom field trips! Apply now for the Target Field Trip Grants program to receive up to $700 for Spring 2012 K-12 field trips to “art, science, and cultural museum visits; community service […]
International STAND UP to Bullying Day is a special bi-annual event in which people across the world who have signed a special “pledge shirt” join together in wearing them to: 1) Send a loud, non-confrontational message of resistance to bullies 2) Identify themselves to victims as a source of support willing to help 3) Draw attention to the effects […]
According to a study done in Virginia by the American Psychological Association, schools where the bullying climate is more severe report three to six percent lower standardized test scores than schools where anti-bullying is a priority. Researchers collected results from over 7,300 ninth grade students and 3,000 teachers from 284 high schools in Virginia. Researchers remarked […]
Many New Jersey schools have been prepping for the new Jan. 6 anti-bullying legislation by revising policies, training staff, and/or appointing anti-bullying supervisors. Has your school started preparing for the new anti-bullying law? What sort of progress have you seen? Lewis Goldstein, assistant superintendent for Princeton Regional Schools, states, “We are in the process of […]
August 28, 2011
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