STOPit has partnered with Evolution Labs and in2Vate to integrate their resources directly in the STOPit platform for participating districts. The new social and emotional learning resource center includes anonymous reporting, incident management, two-way messaging and now SEL content.

Emotional bullying in the preschool years hurts quite a lot, according to new research. When a child both bullies and gets bullied, depression symptoms begin to appear as early as age 3. Depression in early childhood increases the risk of depression in later childhood, which predicts depression in adolescence.

Analyzing data out of a massive physical education initiative in Texas, researchers concluded that a daily physical education mandate didn't have any positive impact on kids' health or educational outcome. They found that the four-year program actually had detrimental effects, correlating with an uptick in discipline, bullying and absence rates.

After the 2016 presidential election, teachers across the country reported they were seeing increased name-calling and bullying. Now, research shows junior high school student in Virginia areas that favored Trump reported bullying rates in spring 2017 that were 18 percent higher than students living in areas that went for Clinton.