Bullying and School Liability--Implications for School Personnel

Autor/in	Essex, Nathan
Titel	Bullying and School Liability--Implications for School Personnel
Quelle	In: Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 84 (2011) 5, S.192-196 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-8655
Schlagwörter	Public Schools; Bullying; Emotional Response; Legal Responsibility; School Personnel; Peer Relationship; Educational Environment; School Safety; Court Litigation; Personality Traits; Victims; School Districts; Guides; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Mobbing; Emotionales Verhalten; Strafmündigkeit; Schulpersonal; Peer-Beziehungen; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Rechtsstreit; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Victim; Opfer; School district; Schulbezirk; Handbuch; Leitfaden; USA
Abstract	Bullying is a serious and escalating problem in public schools across America. Each day, thousands of students face taunts and humiliation stemming from bullies. Bullying victims experience emotional and psychological problems that may persist for a lifetime. Other victims commit suicide or retaliate against bullies out of fear for their own safety. Because the courts presume that schools are safe places, teachers and administrators have a leading responsibility to protect students from the harmful behavior exhibited by bullies. They are expected to foresee that bullying is a harmful activity and initiate appropriate steps to eliminate it. This article discusses the magnitude of the problem of bullying in public schools and the threat of liability for school personnel who fail to respond to bullying incidents. It concludes with a set of guides that should assist teachers and administrators in protecting students from foreseeable harm while minimizing their legal exposure to law suits based on negligence. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10