Safe Schools
Bullying, crisis prevention, climate
Editor’s blogs: “Free” game apps that come with big iTunes bills
This editor was shocked to see her most recent iTunes bill – and so was her 9-year-old daughter. Turns out free game apps can be insidiously misleading when it comes to the upgrades needed to play them.
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Ask an Expert: Protecting our kids from cyber-bullying
An expert from the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence at CU-Boulder responds to a parent’s questions about why cyber-bullies often go uncaught, and what we can do to protect our children from online bullying.
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Parents, students moved by “Bully” on opening day
The much-acclaimed Bully, a 2011 documentary about bullying in U.S. schools, opened in Denver Friday night with a PG-13 rating, thanks to the removal of some expletives that had earlier earned it an R-rating. Do you plan to see it?
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This week’s safe schools snippets
7 things you need to know to keep kids safe online – Bullying: Resources for how to get help – Rice, Klein: Education keeps America safe – Obama introduces bullying documentary on Cartoon Network – Bullying minimized in 10-year-old’s suicide.
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This week’s safe schools snippets
School bus accidents in the news: Are your children safe? – Bullied teen’s family get payout over death – Aurora students receive free bike helmets from CU Hospital – School choice increases student safety – “Bully” documentary could hit theaters without rating – ‘Bullying’ teacher loses his license.
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