Joseph W. Mazzola, President & CEO of Character Education Partnership writes:

" Bullying in our nation's schools is rampant. Consider the following data points from the 2010 Federal Bullying Prevention Summit:

• everyday 160,000 students stay home from fear of getting bullied at school
• 1out of 3 (18M) students will be bullied this year
• 75-80% of students observe bullying
• 15-35% of students experience cyber-bullying

As with all complex and chronic problems in our schools, such narrowly focused intervention strategies typically fail to make a lasting impact. Zero tolerance policies and hallway posters and such all sound very good in theory. There is no doubt that they are also implemented by well-meaning people who really do want to make things better. However, according to many experts, such measures are shallow in nature and thus fail to achieve their intended purpose, especially over the long haul.

So, having said all of this, if educators are serious about mitigating and eradicating bullying in schools, they will need to take a broad and strategic approach -- one that focuses on the schools entire culture. Beyond having a good strategic plan to guide the entire process, success requires committed leadership, hard work, collaboration with all stakeholders, tenacity, and lots of patience. "
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The key to eradicating bully behavior is to create a caring school climate that provides a completely integrated approach to create community and to internalize character qualities.

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The teachers, staff and administration of the best schools use positive language, clear expectations, and predictable consequences based on restorative justice.

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What lies behind us
and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson



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