A collaboration between the Southern Education Desk and JJIE will air on Georgia Public Broadcasting’s 17 radio stations this week. The series, focusing on bullying, was written by GPB’s Maura Walz and JJIE’s Chandra Thomas.
Below is a breakdown of the series’ schedule:
Tuesday, November 8 during All Things Considered (5:50pm) and Wednesday, November 9 during Morning Edition (between 6:00-9:00am)
1. Georgia's Revamped Bullying Law Arrives In Schools (Maura Walz) Description: Public school students and parents are seeing some changes this year in the way their schools handle bullying. That's because of a law passed by the legislature last year that schools are now starting to put into practice. In the first of a four-part series, Maura Walz of the Southern Education Desk at GPB looks at what the new law requires and how school districts are implementing it.
Wednesday, November 9 during All Things Considered (5:50pm) and Thursday, November 10 during Morning Edition (between 6:00-9:00am)
2. Mother of Bullied Student Calls for Justice (Chandra Thomas) Description: Public school students and parents are seeing some changes this year in the way their schools handle bullying. That's because of a law passed by the legislature last year that schools are now starting to put into practice. In the second of a 4-part series on the new bullying law, Chandra Thomas of the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange has the story of how the suicide of Jaheem Herreira was the catalyst for the law.
Monday, November 14 during All Things Considered (5:50pm) and Tuesday, November 15 during Morning Edition (between 6:00-9:00am)
3. Schools Focus on Bullying Prevention (Maura Walz) Description: Public school students and parents are seeing some changes this year in the way their schools handle bullying. That's because of a law passed by the legislature last year that schools are now starting to put into practice. One way schools are trying to comply with the law is through a renewed focus on bullying prevention. Maura Walz of the Southern Education Desk has the third of our four-part series.
Tuesday, November 15 during All Things Considered (5:50pm) and Wednesday, November 16 during Morning Edition (between 6:00-9:00am)
4. Bullying Forces One Student Into Homeschooling (Chandra Thomas) Description: Public school students and parents are seeing some changes this year in the way their schools handle bullying. That's because of a law passed by the legislature last year that schools are now starting to put into practice. Chandra Thomas of the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange has the story of one bullied student who chose to be home-schooled rather than face any more bullying.
You can read the complete series here.
Thank you so very much for keeping this bullying issue alive, cause it seems like what happen to Jaheem was put on the back burner..everybody speaking about bullying and and never once mentioned who started this conversation .. unfortunately Jaheem’s untimely death. Soon I will get back out there with my rebuttal..