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Although there currently exists no federal assistance for anti-bullying, Thursday's Child [14] offers a 24-hour helpline for children, teens and young adults in the U.S., who are bullying victims, at 1 (800) USA KIDS or (818) 831-1234 from a mobile device. Currently, it is the only such helpline in North America.
According to the U.S. National Center for Education Statistics, school violence is a serious problem. [1] [2] In 2007, the latest year for which comprehensive data were available, a nationwide survey, [3] conducted biennially by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and involving representative samples of U.S. high school students, found that 5.9% of students carried a weapon (e ...
The American Psychological Association concluded that the available evidence does not support the use of zero-tolerance policies as defined and implemented, that there is a clear need to modify such policies, and that the policies create a number of unintended negative consequences, [28] [29] including making schools "less safe".
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Content dealing with the issue of bullying 1974 — 43 30 The Bluest Eye: Toni Morrison: Themes of racism, incest and child sexual abuse 1970 10 15 34 Bone (series) Jeff Smith: References to smoking, drinking and gambling: 1991–2004 16 — — The Boy Who Lost His Face: Louis Sachar: Themes of the occult, sexuality and bullying; profanity ...
U.S. lawmakers worried that American users’ data could be compromised are considering legislation that would require ByteDance to either divest the app or see it banned from U.S. app stores.
The 2021 USA Today article "Bullying in Private Schools" [72] states that it is hard to say whether private or public schools have worse bullying issues in the United States. A bullying expert Dewey Cornell states in the article, "“In practice, bullying occurs everywhere, and it is a question of whether school authorities recognize the ...
The Kanawha County Textbook War, also known as the Kanawha County Textbook Controversy, was a violent school control struggle in the 20th century United States. It led to the largest protests ever in the history of Kanawha County, West Virginia, the shooting of one bystander, and extended school closings. The controversy erupted in 1974 when ...