i would like to introduce the first session which is entitled bullying trends where we have been, where we are now and where we are going. we have three excellent speakers for the session. first up is mr. tom snyder from the department of education. he is the director of annual reports and information staff at the national center for education statistics and is a recognized expert on education statistics. [ applause ] thank you for this opportunity to come talk to you about some of the data that we collect and compile at the national center for education statistics. many of the things i am going to talk about to you today you may be familiar with and certainly working with bullying there are many things you are well aware of from your own observations. i think there is something here for everybody that is going to be some new things that we can talk about. there is a lot of new sources coming out with bullying data. there are new sources that you can take advantage of that
i was on a panel with denise and dewey corp nel where we talked about a school perspective. this is where the body of literature is the largest, i would like to say the strongest but there are still a lot of gaps in this particular area. denise talked a lot about school climate. i was happy to hear that was picked up in the themes today and talked about legal issues and policies and zero tolerance and some of the reactive approaches that schools often take about video cameras and metal detectors. we don t have research to show they have a strong impact on reducing bullying. i spoke about meta analysis and research about particular programs. i had this graphic in my talk about is the glass half full or half empty? you can view it in terms of the review of literature. some programs can reduce bullying. however, some of the studies are done abroad and may not generalize very well to the united states or are limited to certain outcomes. so while it is exciting to see there is evi
industry and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. next, the first in a series of discussions from this year s national bullying prevention summit. officials from the national institutes of health and the education department describe trends in bullying behavior over the past year. it is part of an effort to create a national strategy that engages private and public organizations. this is 45 minutes. good morning, everyone. i would like to introduce the first session which is entitled bullying trends where we have been, where we are now and where we are going. we have three excellent speakers for the session. first up is mr. tom snyder from the department of education. he is the director of annual reports and information staff at the national center for education statistics and is a recognized expert on education statistics. [ applause ] thank you for this opportunity to come talk to you about
bullied. i have been bullied. i know what it s like. it s not cool. you need to stop. telling them your personal story or personal story and making them realize it s real makes them want to do something about it. i know i talk a lot. i m sorry. the thing that i would say is get youth involved with some kind of youth development organization like one of the best in the world 4-h. we do a lot you can tell i love 4-h very much. we do a lot with bullying prevention. we do a lot with preventing the bad stuff and promoting good stuff. our biggest motto to make the best bester. that s what we do. that s what we live by. that s my biggest thing. we have mentor programs. it mentors youth into a better living. those programs are designed for kids in troubled lives, kids that are being bullied. that is what 4-h is all about is making the best better. getting people from the bad feeling part or i m not sure if i m looking for the right word. the lowest thing up to a great organizat
Some Colleton County High School parents say hundreds of people were still waiting to get in the graduation ceremony after it started this past weekend and the overall organization was not up to par.