To get the bully transferred, Jeremy had to testify against him during a school hearing. Each year five million children are bullied, and every day 160,000 students miss school for fear of being picked on. It's a leading source of school violence. And since the Columbine massacre, schools are paying unprecedented attention to the problem. This school psychologist says bullies were once outcasts, but today a more violent society reinforces aggressive behavior.
Victims break the pattern by learning to be assertive.
Today Jeremy is a peer mediator. He learned his skills through a class in conflict mediation at Susan Wagner High School. The program teaches students how to bully-proof their school. One student says the class changed him. Schools nationwide are adopting new strategies.