"Ky. School Ratchets Up Improvement" This article deals with the "turn-around" of a failed high school I found it to be a fascinating article. I had no idea how the process works. It certainly proves that it is possible to fix failing schools--even in with "challenging" demographics. However, the amount of money and oversight required is hard to understand. If this is the model of what it takes it probably isn't going to be done very often. So how do schools get so bad that they need this kind of reconstruction?
"Study Punctures Stereotypes About Social Status of Bullies" I didn't think this article was particularly helpful or even on track. Rather than clarifying who is likely to bully it did more to muddy the waters. Sure, it may be possible that any child in a certain situation may exhibit some bullying behavior most of the serious bullying including physical violence is done by the kids with more sociopathic tendencies--just like in the adult world.
Children with capacities for compassion and empathy are less like likely to be bullies.
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