TITLE

Schools given new duty to report all bullying incidents

PUB. DATE
December 2009
SOURCE
Education (14637073);12/11/2009, Issue 377, p2
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
The article reports on bullying in schools in Great Britain. The British government has created a duty to schools to record and report incidents of bullying that are serious or continuous to local authorities. School's Minister Vernon Coaker hopes that the duty will increase the effectiveness of schools' handling of bullying
ACCESSION #
47122715

Tags: EDUCATION -- Great Britain;  BULLYING;  COAKER, Vernon;  SCHOOL administration;  SCHOOL environment

 

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