Guest commentary: Get tougher against school time bullying
Sep 8, 2011

BY DENISE BROGRAN-KATOR
DETROIT FREE PRESS GUEST WRITER

http://www.freep.com/article/20110908/OPINION05/109080419/Guest-commentary-Get-tougher-against-school-time-bullying

This week, our students returned to school full of energy and vigor about learning. They fill the hallways eager to face new academic challenges and embark on a social learning process that will inevitably call on them to interact with both faculty and students different from themselves.

While we encounter diverse communities in our daily lives, the truth remains that school yards aren't always a safe place for each and every student.

School yard bullying has increasingly become the norm in many schools across the country -- affecting students who are gay and transgender as well as those who are not.