“Thank you, Officer Karney, for saving my son’s life”: a mother writes to the SRO whom her son tried to shoot. Her son is now serving a six year sentence for attempted murder. When North Carolina passed its new law…
Tag: cyberbullying
Safety Law News for 9/10/12
An eight-year-old student in Colorado cannot wear his Peyton Manning jersey to school because the No. 18 jersey could be gang-affiliated. Oklahoma educators and parents disagree on the definition of bullying—and on whether the school should discipline a student for…
Safety Law News for 9/7/12
Missouri educators respond to fight videos posted online by their students. A lawsuit against Birmingham Police Department, for using pepper spray in schools, is now a class action lawsuit. The Ohio teenager who was charged with inducing panic, because of…
Safety Law News for 9/4/12
High schoolers say that guns and fights are normal to them, during a focus group in Washington state, and they discuss possible solutions. Extra security is posted at Florida’s Palm Beach Gardens High School, after a weekend shooting that left…
Safety Law News for 8/13/12
Michigan’s Dearborn Schools—which recorded 919 bullying incidents in the last school year—is an early adapter as a new state law requires all school districts to establish anti-bullying programs and policies. Online behavior, or “cyber civics” is now taught at one…
Safety Law News for 8/10/12
Marty Wilson, a Kentucky policeman who was honored as his state’s DARE officer of the year, describes how he mentors students away from drug abuse. People in Palm Beach County, Florida want to join Facebook and Twitter—and this is the…
Safety Law News for 7/27/12
A 15-year-old boy may need reconstructive plastic surgery after being attacked at school. His father says that educators knew of other fights in which this student had to defend himself. The principal says that educators would have acted if the…
Safety Law News for 7/16/12
Maryland educators discuss how they engage students on cyberbullying, without becoming internet monitors. School administrators praise educators for how they responded when a 13-year-old boy brought a gun to school.
Safety Law News for 6/4/12
The Atlantic asks: Do Cell Phones Belong in the Classroom? A new FCC condition on federal technology funds — combined with a new anti-cyberbullying law in Ohio — mean that educators face new imperatives in teaching students about social media…
Safety Law News for 6/1/12
Connecticut educators discuss how to define bullying, even as they acknowledge the perception that, “Anything that happens, it all becomes bullying.” They note the need to distinguish bullying, civil rights violations, and criminal actions. In addition, a video provides details…