Title: School Bullying Prevention Task Force report
Description: The Task Force was charged with exploring the causes and consequences of bullying in schools in this State, identifying promising practices that reduce incidences of bullying, highlighting training and technical assistance opportunities for schools to effectively address bullying, evaluating the effectiveness of schools current anti-bullying policies and other bullying prevention programs, and other related issues.  Under tight time constraints, the Task Force has met that change.  The Illinois State Board of Education will post this report on its webpage devoted to the Task Force (http://www.isbe.net/SBPTF/default.htm).  Moreover in the near future, the Task Force will produce an Executive Summary of this report which the ISBE will also include on the Task Force webpage.
Subjects: Bullying in schools, School psychology, Aggressiveness in children, Prevention, School discipline
Places: Iowa, Illinois