Celebrating National Bully Prevention Month

Each October, communities and organizations nationwide share resources and ideas to support safer communities. We hope the content below will spark conversation and challenge your school or community to lead change.

We would love to hear what you're doing this fall and beyond. In a few words, share with us one action or bully prevention effort that has made your school more inviting and respectful. Tell us here. Help us share your practices with other school communities!

In This Issue

8 No-Prep Methods to Reduce Classroom Bullying

Advisory: 3 Topics from the Field

Sara's Story

Is that Bullying?

Thank You to our Partners!

Read the BullyBust Stand Up Pledge with your classroom and make a year-round commitment to upstander behavior today.

Don't forget to also voice your classroom dedication on our global
Commitment Wall!

Youth Research for Action Grant Competition

This new initiative from What Kids Can Do will award, on a competitive basis, grants of up to $2,000 to youth-designed and led action research projects.

Learn more to submit a proposal by November 26, 2014

8 No-Prep Methods to Reduce Classroom Bullying

Hear from Beth Morrow, an education blogger, columnist, and teacher as she outlines 8 ways to connect with students on a daily basis. One suggestion? Praise loudly, condemn quietly.

Read more.

Advisory: 3 Topics from the Field

Advisory should be a time for meaningful connection. Often, when there's little time to spare, it becomes a missed opportunity for learning rather than an intentional time to check in with one another. Read on for three 15 minutes lessons to deepen the relationships in your classroom.

Sara's Story

13 year-old pop-opera singer, Sara Stevens

knows what it feels like to be bullied for being "different". Instead of being defeated by the harsh words, read how she found solace and confidence through singing.

Research shows more than half of students

don't alert an adult about bullying incidents. Read our practice brief-School Climate and Bullying Prevention-for youth support strategies.

Is that Bullying? Researchers and Schools Diverge on Definition

How do we stand against bullying if we find challenge defining exactly what "bullying" is? Get on the same page with this Education Week piece explaining the uniform research definition and what falls under the "acts of bullying" category.

What is your definition of bullying? Tell us using the hashtag #bullybusttrivia.

BullyBust is thankful for the support of its prevention partners. These are just a few of our growing and exciting collaborations.

Share My Lesson

With over 600,000 members and over 300,000 resources shared, Share My Lesson is a leading free online resource community for K-12 educators.

We are thrilled to be part of their free Bully Prevention Month resource collection.

Great Kindness Challenge

The Great Kindness Challenge, created by

Kids for Peace in 2011, is one school week devoted to performing as many acts of kindness as possible. The next Great Kindness Challenge takes place on January 26-30, 2015. Fill out the Registration Form to download the checklist of 50 suggestions and toolkit.

True or False? There are Federal anti-bullying laws.

Follow @bullybust and use #bullybusttrivia Tuesdays-Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. ET this October to play along!