Education Law

A new class clown

Associated Press (by way of USA Today) reported about one of BoardBuzz's biggest concerns: bullying. ( A topic we covered both here and here before.) What intrigued us this time, you may ask? The answers to bullying come from a clown!

Marvin Nash, a rodeo clown, has taken on a new challenge and is addressing childhood bullying with his program, Bullying Hurts. This educational community service program works to teach students what bullying is and how to deal with bullying both inside the classroom and outside the school community.

With elementary students learning how to handle bullying at younger ages, the program hopes to prevent hurtful, destructive, and even violent behavior as students grow older. As the program has developed over the past few years, more than 300 schools in 37 states have participated, and a component on cyber-bullying has been added.

Bullying is no laughing matter for BoardBuzz, but we're glad to see that this clown has been able to relate to students and make a difference.

Full post as published by BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog on August 05, 2008 (boomark / email).