Parents fear for child’s mental health at school (UK)
By Caroline Henshaw
Three out of five parents are worried about their child’s mental health at school, according to a new survey which warned that bullying, exams and homework are heaping stress on pupils.
More than half of parents surveyed by national charity Parentkind said they were concerned their school’s high expectations are putting too much pressure on their child.
Two in five children have experienced stress relating to homework and exams, and a third have suffered from anxiety and bullying, according to the survey of 1,500 parents in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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RESEARCH & COMMENTARY: BULLYING STATISTICS SHOW MISSOURI NEEDS CHILD SAFETY ACCOUNTS
By Tim Benson
A new report from WalletHub lists Missouri as having the third biggest high school bullying problem in the United States.
Using data collected from the U.S. Census Bureau, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the National Center for Education Statistics, amongst others, the report notes 23.3 percent of Show Me State high school students report being bullied on school property. Another 19.4 percent of Missouri high school students report being bullied online, 6.4 percent of Missouri students missed school out of fear of being bullied, and 8.6 percent attempted suicide.
The federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) permits students to transfer to another public school under ESSA’s Unsafe School Choice Option provision, but only if their current public school meets the state definition of a “persistently dangerous” school. Because states define unsafe schools so narrowly, fewer than 50 American public schools out of nearly 100,000 are labeled “persistently dangerous” each year.
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Reasonable management action or bullying? (AU)
by John Hilton
There’s been no shortage of headlines on workplace bullying this year.
Research by Colmar Brunton found over half of all lawyers surveyed said they had experienced some form of bullying in their career, with 21% of lawyers experiencing bullying in a recent six-month period.
Moreover, anonymous letters in editions of Police News have revealed many concerns over bullying in the police force.
But what is it that actually constitutes bullying? Where do courts actually draw the line between reasonable management action and bullying?