That's deeply entrenched in our culture. There's no one approach. Educators can do better at reducing bullying and violence if they understand the role that violence plays in the children's social structure. For example, educators sometimes try to reform a bully by teaching him better social skills. A better approach might be to encourage the boy to develop another talent as an alternate route to popularity.
Most teachers do know the personal dynamics at work in their classrooms, according to the study.
Teacher ratings of students closely matched what the children said about each other and about themselves. Realizing that its spirited rhythms would also strike a chord with her students, O'Neill in 1998 incorporated the song into a lesson plan about nonviolence and the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. birthday. In 1999, after the shootings in Littleton, Colorado, Wine offered his song as a free online resource. Wine and his twin brother, Jim, also created an organization called Voices of the World, whose mission is peace education through the use of creative arts. O'Neill's materials are now available on the Wines' Web site.