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How to Stop School Bullying and Turn A Troubling Trend Around

Posted: January 6th, 2012 by Michele Borba


8 crucial steps educators and parents can take to reduce peer cruelty and create caring, respectful learning environments    Studies show that bullying is intensifying in our schools. We are also seeing an epidemic of so-called bullying prevention programs. Beware: three fourths of those programs which have been evaluated are ineffective in curbing bullying (Farrington). [...]



Mobilizing Bystanders to Stand Up to Bullies

Posted: December 9th, 2011 by Michele Borba


In this NBC’s Dateline special: “The Perils of Parenting,” I appear as the expert on bullying. Producers asked me to teach middle school students–when bullying peaks–specific bystander strategies to deal with bullies. I developed the techniques after reviewing research on the “Bystander Effect” and have trained hundreds of educators in how to use them with students. They [...]