South Korea Rattled by Suicide of Bullied Teen

South Korea is stepping up its campaign against school bullying in the wake of a young victim’s suicide last week.

Does Suspending Students Work?

New research shows that sending kids home from school as punishment may do more harm than good

Ohio School Shooting: Why Parents Are to Blame

School shootings are in the news again. An Ohio teenager opened fire on five classmates, killing two student and injuring three others. In Seattle, a 9-year-old...

In Brief: May 1, 2000

ANGRY KIDS With school violence regularly in the headlines, educators are looking for ways to teach children to control their anger while they're still young...

Families: How to Keep The Peace

All parents send their children off to start a new school year with great expectations. They look forward to seeing the confidence that comes with mastering a...

Education: The ABCs of School Violence

Classroom survival is the lesson of the day It is morning at Morris High School, a gothic fortress rising above the ruins of New York City's scarred South Bronx...

The Lawrence King Case: In Court, Has the Bullied Become the Bully?

Emotions have run high since the very first day of Brandon McInerney's trial for murder. Perhaps that's because the killing of his gay middle-school classmate...

Parents: Relax

Probably since the second generation of humanity, it has been a widely accepted bit of folk wisdom that kids are worse off than their forebears. Our ancestors...

Too Cruel for School

Last spring, 14-year-old Song was dragged from the front gate of her Seoul high school to a vacant parking lot by 10 female classmates, who for the next four...

The Legacy Of Columbine

When I was a teenager growing up in Arkansas, I stored my 12-gauge shotgun under my bed. I took it out when I went with Dad to shoot clay pigeons. That wasn't...