Posted on March 11, 2011 in Bullying, Early Childhood Education, Prevention - Violence and Injury, School Health by Education Development Center : EDCComments Off
EDC’s Kim Storey, co-author of the “Eyes on Bullying” curriculum, tells preschool teachers that bullying can begin early.

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Posted on February 1, 2011 in Bullying, Policy Development, Prevention - Violence and Injury, School Health by Education Development Center : EDCComments Off
Kim Storey and Ron Slaby, authors of EDC’s Eyes on Bullying program, say a New Jersey law should focus on prevention, not punishment.

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Posted on November 11, 2010 in Bullying, LGBT, Prevention - Violence and Injury, Suicide Prevention by Eric MarshallComments Off
Anara Guard of the Suicide Prevention Resource Center at EDC discusses media coverage of bullied teens committing suicide.

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Posted on August 31, 2010 in Bullying, Prevention - Violence and Injury, Research and Evaluation by Eric MarshallComments Off
To help school and district officials better understand when bullying is or is not reported, researchers from the Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast and Islands examined data from a national crime victimization survey and identified 11 characteristics associated with bullying that are tied to increased reporting.

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Posted on August 15, 2010 in Bullying, Prevention - Violence and Injury by Eric MarshallComments Off
A letter to the editor by Kim Storey, co-author of EDC’s Eyes on Bullying curriculum, discusses bullying at summer camp.

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Posted on May 10, 2010 in Bullying, Prevention - Violence and Injury, School Health by Eric MarshallComments Off
On May 3, Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick signed the state’s first anti-bullying law, four months after the suicide death of Phoebe Prince, 15, of South Hadley, Massachusetts. Prince committed suicide after alleged months of torment by her fellow high school students. Prince’s death in January—followed by media reports detailing the relentless bullying she endured before ending her own life—thrust the age-old problem of bullying back into the national spotlight, prompting the questions, “Why didn’t anyone stop the bullying? Could this child’s suicide have been prevented?”