The Emily Bazelon interview

Apr. 19, 2013
You'd think that with the It Gets Better project and a lower tolerance for bad behavior, bullying would be on its way out as a social phenomenon.

School backs off transgender policy

Dec. 18, 2012
In the East Aurora, a policy for transgender students is off the table after months of controversy.

East Aurora transgender controversy still simmers

Oct. 30, 2012
The school district will form a committee to discuss new anti-bullying and discrimination policies, after the school board passed and then rescinded a policy on transgender students, with one key administrator being placed on leave.

In East Aurora, school board withdraws transgender protections

Oct. 22, 2012
In only five days time, suburban East Aurora school board members passed and then rescinded a policy aimed at protecting transgender students.

Transgender policy may be dropped, 5 days after adoption

Oct. 19, 2012
The East Aurora school district was inundated with emails over an anti-discrimination policy passed this week – and they vote today on whether to rescind it.

Survey: One in three CPS students are cyber bullied

Sep. 23, 2011
New statistics released on Friday shed light on how cyber bullying affects Chicago Public School students.At the end of 2010, the non-profit group Mikva Challenge surveyed 700 CPS students.

Bullying gets graphic in new novel

Nov. 10, 2010
According to social worker Zak Mucha, it isn’t enough to tell bullies to stop or victims that it will get better.Mucha works on Chicago’s North Side where he’s spent a lot of time working with people who have been bullied.