Spotlight: LA Anti-Bullying Summit

 

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In September, Facing History’s Los Angeles office held a day-long summit on bullying, which brought together administrators, teachers, students, and parents from 25 LA-area schools. During the day, participants watched the film BULLY and shared their reactions.

After viewing, the school groups broke apart into constituent groups (administrators, teachers, students, and parents) to brainstorm action steps they could take as whole-school communities. Then the school groups reconvened to develop action plans for their campuses. 
 
This video gives a snapshot of the day, and the article follows the story of one administrator who participated in the summit.
 
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Only a few weeks into the 2012/2013 school year, high school principal Bruce Bivins noticed an unsettling change on the Academy of Environmental and Social Policy (ESP) campus.

“As soon as school started, we began seeing an unprecedented increase in bullying behavior and talk,” the Los Angeles-based principal said. “Name-calling to peers, subtle bumping in the hallways, talking back to staff, students feeling harassed on the bus.” MORE>>