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BOCA RATON, Fla., Oct. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bullying Academy (bullyingacademy.org), a web-based interactive program designed to help 4th-8th grade students recognize the dangers associated with bullying and cyberbullying, is launching a campaign aimed at schools in Palm Beach County. Simply the Best Public Relations (www.simplythebestpublicrelations.com) has been appointed PR firm of record to promote that The Bullying Academy is now available to elementary and middle...
One of 15 of 628 Entries in the Ashoka Changemakers Activating Empathy International Competition DAVIE, Fla., June 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Bullying Academy has been announced as a prize winner in the Townsend Press In-Kind Prize category of the Ashoka Changemakers Activating Empathy competition. In collaboration with DonorsChoose.org, the Townsend Press Prize is awarded to the top five solutions by a U.S. public-school teacher, student, or administrator that advance...
BOCA RATON, Fla., March 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bullying Academy(TM) (www.bullyingacademy.org), an online anti-bullying program, has retained TransMedia Group to publicize how effectively it's helping schoolchildren protect themselves from bullies. TransMedia (www.transmediagroup.com) said it will publicize how successful the Bullying Academy is in helping students and educators recognize and avoid the dangers of bullying and cyber bullying. "TransMedia will assist us in...
BOCA RATON, Fla., Jan. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Each day as many as 160,000 U.S. children miss school because of bullying. Students in the Know Foundation, a non-profit group, created The Bullying Academy, a web-based interactive program designed to help 4th-8th grade students recognize the dangers associated with bullying and cyber-bullying. The Bullying Academy has signed over 300 schools nationwide since debuting in Sept. and has attracted more than 10,000 students to its...
NEW YORK, Nov. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Each day as many as 160,000 U.S. children miss school because of bullying. Students in the Know Foundation, a non-profit group, has launched the Bullying Academy (www.bullyingacademy.org) a web-based interactive program designed to help 4th-8th grade students recognize the dangers associated with bullying and cyber-bullying. The Bullying Academy is already being used successfully in scores of schools throughout New Jersey and across the country and is...
NEW YORK, Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- As an openly gay young man, Tommy Walser, currently a New York University Law School student, watched in shock and anger as it seemed like every week a new suicide was being committed due to bullying and cyber-bullying. He states, "Cyber-cruelty is rapidly increasing in volume and complexity because adolescents and teens are never taught how to act responsibly and appropriately while communicating online or via other electronic devices."...
NEW YORK, Oct. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- With the heighted attention surrounding the bullying epidemic that has tragically led to the suicide of many young people, including Tyler Clementi, Phoebe Prince, and most recently Jamey Rodemeyer, policy makers are finally responding, but are the solutions going too far? In New York, a new bill is being readied that will charge perpetrators of bullying that leads to suicide with degree murder, carrying a penalty of up to nearly 15 years in...
BOCA RATON, Fla., July 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bullying Academy (www.bullyingacademy.com), the leading web-based, interactive program designed to help students in 4th to 8th grades recognize the dangers associated with bullying and cyberbullying, has retained Simply the Best Public Relations (www.simplythebestpublicrelations.com) as its PR firm of record. Developed by the non-profit Students in the Know foundation, The Bullying Academy is fast becoming the one-stop online source for...
PHILADELPHIA, June 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Each day as many as 160,000 U.S. children miss school daily because of bullying. Students in the Know Foundation, a non-profit group, is launching The Bullying Academy, a web-based interactive program designed to help 4th-8th grade students recognize the dangers associated with bullying and cyber-bullying. The Bullying Academy will be introduced at the (International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Conference 2011, June 26-29 at the...
