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Schoolyard bullying.

Creating a culture of kindness in our schools

“Zero tolerance” to bullying has been harmful, and schools must swing behind a new framework to boost learning, save money and support people to be the best versions of themselves.

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Hurstville Public School students Arabella Clayton and Ian Liao.

This Sydney school has eliminated bullying. Now there’s a plan for every classroom

Teachers will stop labelling students as bullies or victims, kids can have safe spaces and schools face deregistration in an ambitious crackdown on bullying.

  • Emily Kowal
US school shootings.

How 106 people got together to stop a school shooting – before it happened

Everyone agreed that an alienated student who made a threat on a school bus posed a high risk to himself and his schoolmates. The question was what to do about it.

  • John Leland
Parents are unhappy at the handling of the hazing scandal at Ballarat Grammar.

Ballarat Grammar boarders get more adult supervision after strapping scandal

Adults will be present in boarding halls at Ballarat Grammar on weekday afternoons after allegations of serious physical abuse.

  • Caroline Schelle
What to do if you think you’re being managed out of your job.

My boss publicly criticises me. Am I being managed out of my job?

Constantly second-guessing yourself and then being criticised publicly for every decision sounds like a kind of professional hell.

  • Jonathan Rivett
Ballarat Grammar’s registration as a boarding facility is under review.

Boarding licence under review at private school after abuse scandal

The state government education regulator has launched a safety review of Ballarat Grammar’s boarding houses in response to its ‘strapping’ scandal.

  • Noel Towell
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Long-serving Ballarat Grammar headmaster G. F. J. “Jack” Dart, pictured with school prefects and probationers.

‘It was a very brutal five years’: A private school scandal decades in the making

Mistreatment by seniors at Ballarat Grammar dating back decades has come to light as the school grapples with a punishment culture not confined to just one prestigious boarding school.

  • Noel Towell and Caroline Schelle
Workplace bullying may include belittling the target and often includes a power imbalance.

It’s not only kids who are bullied. Adults have to deal with it too

It may be typically associated with the playground, but bullying among adults can have devastating effects.

  • Shona Hendley
Jen Willis in front of the fence she was padlocked to by a former bully.

I will never get to confront my former bully, but these people did

Do we need to forgive our high school bullies?

  • Gary Nunn
Former staff at top restaurant Moonah have made allegations of poor treatment.

Good Food revokes Moonah award, hats, score

Head of Good Food Sarah Norris says the decision to strip Moonah of its accolades was not a decision taken lightly following an investigation by this masthead that revealed bullying, racism and supplying alcohol to underage staff.

  • Charlotte Grieve