A new study recently published in the Journal of Criminology suggests that the anti-bullying programs that have become popular in many schools may not be as useful as previously thought. The authors ...

Remember DARE, Drug Abuse Resistance Education — the prevention program that took decades to fade despite repeated evidence it actually increased drug and alcohol abuse among schoolkids? Early ...

Data from an anti-bullying program used in Finland and funded by its government suggests it has had a significant impact on bullying throughout Finnish schools. The program is called KiVa, short for ...

Emotions matter, and they matter a great deal in school. A child who feels anxious, jealous, hopeless, or alienated will have difficulty learning, making sound decisions, and building relationships.

LUDLOW, Ky. -- There was a message in all the singing and dancing and examining apple slices happening at Ludlow’s Mary A. Goetz Elementary School. It didn’t take long for second-grader Scarlett ...

Bullying in schools cannot be solved through disciplinary measures alone; it requires addressing the underlying emotional, ...

As concerns about youth mental health continue to rise, schools across Oakland County have been implementing anti-bullying programs designed not only to discipline harmful behavior, but to prevent it ...

We are currently in the 13th annual National Bullying Prevention Month campaign, initiated in 2006 by PACER. The purpose of the yearly month-long campaign is, of course, to prevent bullying. While ...

Police took action in 292 bullying cases at schools in 2023, up by 66 percent from 2022 and the highest number since an ...

School bullying can have serious consequences for victims including depression, psychosis, self-harm and suicide. With increasing evidence of harm, a groundswell of school anti-bullying programs and ...

Around 15% of Australian school students experience bullying in a school year. Being bullied increases the risk for ongoing depression and anxiety. All Australian states have policies to address ...