Anti-bullying measure moves through Senate

Public schools would have the power to transfer a student who bullies to another classroom or another school under legislation the Senate approved Monday.
Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, D-San Antonio, told fellow senators the bill would also provide a new definition of bullying, new procedures for reporting bullying and classroom instruction intended to prevent bullying.

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Dallas ISD adopts anti-bullying policy that includes protections for gay students

The Dallas school board on Thursday passed an anti-bullying policy that includes protections for gay and lesbian students.
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Fort Worth City Council member Joel Burns' message to gay teens is heartfelt, resonating

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Suicides open eyes to bullying after 13-year-old Joshua boy's death

A 13-year-old hangs himself in a Johnson County barn. An 8-year-old jumps out of a two-story school building in Houston. Nine Massachusetts teenagers face jail time after allegedly harassing a girl so mercilessly that she killed herself. These incidents, all of which took place in the past week, reframe the age-old phenomenon of the schoolyard bully. Jessica Meyers writes about the grim effects of modern bullying.