Current+Event+Articles+for+Classroom+Meetings

//These are articles that can be used for classroom meetings to initiate conversation among students. Specific questions aren't generated for each article. The hope is that students will share their own thoughts and/or feelings about each.// [|The Bully in the Backpack] - There's no limit to cruelty of online bullies. Here's what you can do.

NEA - Stepping Up to Stopy Bullying

Who's 'cool' after graduating from high school?

[|The Changing Face of Bullying]

[|As Bullies Go Digital Parents Play Catch-up]

[|Online Bullies Pull Schools Into the Fray]

[|Bullying Is Technology To Blame?]

[|Resources To Help Stop Bullying]

[|Bullying Has Little Resonance With Teenagers]

[|Tyler Clementi's death Is A Call To Action]

[|Cyberbullying Spreads] - Report: One-third of US teens are victims of cyberbullying

[|Bystanders share the blame for bullying] - Regina Brett

[|Children who are victims of bullies need protection] - Regina Brett

[|For bullied kids, a small step can make a big difference - Regina Brett]

[|Solon teammates stand up for boy with Tourette's syndrome, instead of standing by - Regina Brett]

[|Reducing Bullying and Cyberbulling] Ten easy tips for educators which can help prevent bullying in schools and online.

[|Bullied Teens]: Mentor, Ohio - Dead At Own Hand

[|Cyberbullying] - How to recognize online threats and how to deal with them. Be sure to scroll down and look at all the articles, links, and videos available.

[|Student Stories: Have You Ever Been Bullied?]True stories from real students who have experienced bullying.

[|Are You Being Bullied?]Channel One News article

[|Sextortion Threatens Teens and Adults]

Teenagers increasingly become victims of online sex blackmail - Erie Times News article Sunday, August 15, 2010

[|Hands on Health Newsletter] - May's newsletter focuses on the latest research and findings on electronic aggression and cyberbullying.

[|Wanted a Few Good Parents]: Kids gone wild, parents gone missing from The Washington Post and the Phoebe Prince story

[|Teens Tech Savvy], But Still Need Guidance from School Library Journal.

[|School Library Journal]: study reveals why kids get bullied.

Many articles and links to different issues regarding the [|Phoebe Prince suicide] and cyberbullying.

[|Facebook Scuffles Spill Over Into Real Life] - Erie Times-News Fresh Ink, February 18, 2010

[|Common Sense video] on cyberbully with discussion guide for all ages.

January 14, 2010 [|Teenage Irish girl who emigrated to America 'hanged herself after cyber-bullying torment'] with an additional [|news] story.

[|Cyberbullies - Channel One News]

[|Facebook Revealed and MySpace]

[|Teens and Sexting]

[|One in Six Teens Receive Sex Messages]

Anonymous Gossip Sites

Begone, You Big Bully: Erie Daily Times

She Battles Bullies in Her Son's Memory: People Magazine September 15, 2008

Letters to a Bullied Girl Article

Cyberbullying Article

The Dangers of Sexting: People Magazine March 30, 2009

High School Student Essays on Bullying: Tolerance.org: For Teens

Efforts begin to standardize sexting penalty: Pittsburgh Tribune

Sexting: Fun or Felony

School Threats and Text Messaging

The Gossiper

The New Bullies

[|College Applicants, Beware: Your Facebook Page Is Showing]

[|Her Teen Committed Suicide Over Sexting - article and video]

[|Susan Boyle: Her Story Plays Out Like A Disney Movie]