Young journalist Jamylah Summers interviewed students, parents, and an educator about the effects of bullying and how to prevent it.

The Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights and the D.C. Office of Human Rights announced the partnership today to assist schools and government agencies “develop and implement bullying prevention policies.”

An activist with an anti-bullying message interrupted last night’s Ravens-Patriots game when he ran onto the field at M & T Bank Stadium in nothing but a cape and short shorts.

The mother of a Baltimore second-grader is accusing her son’s teacher of taking his lunch money and being physically abusive, the New York Daily News reported.

Ever since the San Francisco Giants released their It Gets Better video, we had wondered whether any Washingtonian teams would follow their lead. D.C. United has done just that.

Photo by House of Sims. Following a national uptick in awareness of the detrimental effects of bullying, especially on LGBT youth, Virginia is considering making bullying a crime. Arlington/Alexandria Delegate Adam Ebbin proposed to make extreme cases of bullying a class-one misdemeanor: punishable by up to a year in prison and a $2,500 fine. On top of that, the legislation would allow the victims to sue their bullies. The bill would also require any…

This morning, the G.W. Hatchet brings to our attention the Council’s plans to address bullying at public schools and government agencies via the Harassment and Intimidation Prevention Act of 2010. The bill is the District’s response to the death of Rutgers student Tyler Clementi, whose suicide led to national discourse on the topic of LGBT bullying and those incredibly emotional “It Gets Better” videos. Most D.C. agencies have somewhat broad policies discouraging bullying, but the…