Schools Focus on Bullying Prevention
Series: Bullying in Georgia Schools
From: Georgia Public Broadcasting
Length: 00:04:39
Public school students and parents are seeing some changes this year in the way their schools handle bullying. That’s because of a law passed by the legislature last year that schools are now starting to put into practice. One way schools are trying to comply with the law is through a renewed focus on bullying prevention.
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Schools Focus on Bullying Prevention /Walz
Intro: Public school students and parents are seeing some changes this year in the way their schools handle bullying. That’s because of a law passed by the legislature last year that schools are now starting to put into practice. One way schools are trying to comply with the law is through a renewed focus on bullying prevention. Maura Walz of the Southern Education Desk has the third of our four-part series.
The state education department’s Garry McGiboney has been helping Georgia’s schools stop bullies since the early 1990s. But since the state legislature passed the revamped bullying law last year, McGiboney says he’s seen a change:
McGiboney: Our view has come from responding to questions and responding to requests for training, which has been unlike anything I’ve ever seen in my career as an educator. There’s more attention in Geor...
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INTRO:Intro: Public school students and parents are seeing some changes this year in the way their schools handle bullying. That’s because of a law passed by the legislature last year that schools are now starting to put into practice. One way schools are trying to comply with the law is through a renewed focus on bullying prevention. Maura Walz of the Southern Education Desk has the third of our four-part series.
OUTRO:From the Southern Education Desk in Atlanta, I’m Maura Walz.
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