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Report: Bullying is a serious public health problem
Experts urge tolerance
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In this 2012 file photo, a student at Indian Lake Elementary in Kalamazoo, Mich., boards a bus on the first day of school. Bullying is a serious public health problem, and should no longer be dismissed as merely a matter of kids being kids, a leading panel of experts warned Tuesday. - photo by Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Zero-tolerance policies are ineffective in combating bullying, an independent government advisory group says in urging schools to take a more preventative approach that includes teaching tolerance to address this "serious public health problem." In a report released Tuesday, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine said bullying should no longer be dismissed as merely a matter of kids being kids. "Its prevalence perpetuates its normalization.
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