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1 results foundAuthor: The Sikh Coalition Title: Bullying in New York City Schools: Educators Speak Out 2009-2010 Summary: On September 3, 2008, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Joel Klein announced Chancellor’s Regulation A-832, which established a procedure for preventing and addressing student-to-student bias-based harassment in New York City public schools. During the 2009-2010 school year, our organizations continued to monitor the implementation of Regulation A-832 as well as the Respect for All program. Rather than survey students again about the regulation’s implementation, we chose to survey teachers, who are at the frontlines of ensuring that city schools have safe, respectful climates. In all, we surveyed about 200 teachers and other school staff members from 117 schools to gather valuable anecdotal input on the DOE’s progress employing its anti-bullying measures. This report summarizes the findings from our 2009-2010 survey and provides an assessment of Chancellor’s Regulation A- 832 in its second year. We hope it will provide a road map for improving compliance with Regulation A-832 and expanding Respect for All programming, as well as encourage the DOE to quickly come into compliance with the Dignity for All Students Act, a new state law that requires schools to take affirmative measures (training, counseling, education) to prevent and respond to incidents of bullying and harassment. The results of our 2009-2010 survey of teachers and school staff about bias-based harassment reveal that, despite some progress, the New York City Department of Education (DOE) still has not dedicated adequate resources to fully employ its primary anti-bullying tool, Chancellor’s Regulation A-832. With media outlets reporting more and more horrific bias-based attacks in New York City schools and schools around the country, full implementation of the regulation is more urgent than ever. The DOE has, however, taken many important steps in the right direction. Spring 2010 brought the first ever Respect for All Week, which carried with it a promise to deliver more trainings for students on diversity issues. We applaud the DOE and City Council Speaker Quinn’s office for initiating this program, and are eager to work together in making it even more successful in the future. As our findings demonstrate, though, much more work is needed to provide all city students an educational environment free from discrimination and harassment. Details: New York: The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, 2010. 16p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed May 13, 2012 at http://aaldef.org/Bullying%20Report.pdf Year: 2010 Country: United States URL: http://aaldef.org/Bullying%20Report.pdf Shelf Number: 125253 Keywords: Bullying (New York City)Criminal Justice PolicySchool CrimeSchools |