Bully Nots new video

NBC 29 News came to see our school-wide Bully Nots performance. Here is the clip of the story that aired.

The Charlottesville Daily Progress – “Bullying is on the decline” – March 8, 2010

This morning the Charlottesville Daily Progress has an editorial lauding the effects of school anti-bullying programs like  our own Bully Nots.

Bullying is on the decline

A national study finds that physical bullying is declining, welcome evidence that programs instituted a few years ago to deter this danger to children are having an effect.

The Department of Justice study, conducted last year, found that reports of physical intimidation dropped from nearly 22 percent in 2003 to less than 15 percent in 2008. The percentage of incidents that rise to the level of outright assault also declined, from 45 percent to just over 38 percent.

It is the second recent study to verify such results.

Experts say that means anti-bullying programs are working.

Bullying became a serious national concern a few years ago when a spate of stories reported a growing numbers of cases of intimidation, and worse, among public school students. One incident from Fluvanna County prompted changes in Virginia law.

If students can be taught not to hurt others, emotionally or physically, they will develop important building blocks for future behavior, experts say. Conversely, bullying in school can herald more serious problems later on.

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Breaking News: Anti-bullying programs are having an impact

Today the Charlottesville Daily Progress carried the Associated Press article quoted below.  What good news!  We are so pleased with the results of our program here.

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Bullying down sharply across U.S., survey finds

March 4, 2010
David Crary, The Associated Press

NEW YORK – There’s been a sharp drop in the percentage of America’s children being bullied or beaten up by their peers, according to a new national survey by experts who believe anti-bullying programs are having an impact.

The study, funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, found that the percentage of children who reported being physically bullied over the previous year declined from nearly 22 percent in 2003 to less than 15 percent in 2008. The percentage reporting they’d been assaulted by other youths, including their siblings, dropped from 45 percent to 38.4 percent.

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