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Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch
Oh, I'm all for school climate committees and inclusive sex ed curriculum — the levers than change culture. These things "reduce" bullying. They already have, and you know what? We're living in the midst of a bullying crisis, because now we hear from Nancy Grace whenever a teen commits suicide. Reductions in bullying have not translated into elimination of tragedy, which is how the public forms its opinions of the public school systems' safety and efficacy.
But I'm not depressed about it. Everyone thinks "the public schools" are teetering on the brink, but almost everyone loves their kids' teachers. The way everyone hates Congress but they keep reelecting the incumbent.
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I agree that these things have reduced bullying. I don't get caught up in the Nancy Grace-like bullshit. Perhaps that drives some public perception. I'm not sure that it's because she plays every teen suicide as bullying-related. Mostly, I think that scared of technology -- the avenues it opens up, and the rapidity of change -- and she plays off of that.
My own sense is that schools in my general area of the world have managed very well.
