Bullying

Family says they've spent years trying to get relief from bullying at school — a national problem — and now their son is headed for a new start in another district.

Local students and parents demanded during Tuesday’s board meeting that Denton ISD officials resolve alleged campus bullying. The open forum grew tense and emotional at times, with one parent shouting an expletive as she left the boardroom in frustration.

The 17-page complaint submitted by the student and nonprofit StandWithUs to the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights details a log of harassment dating back to 2021.

The superintendent met with the mother of a 13-year-old boy who says white football teammates assaulted him and made him drink urine while calling him racial slurs.

A report from the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Dallas Fort-Worth (CAIR) showed 48% of Muslim students surveyed — ranging in age from 11-18 —…

A San Antonio father is suing his son’s classmates — and their parents — for cyberbullying. The father’s attorney, Justin Nichols, said Monday it’s the...

Despite longstanding awareness of the problem, bullying persists — in schools, online and well into adulthood.That’s why dozens of students and teachers…

Seventh-grader Zahir Hameed says many students don’t have a problem with him. But there’s one kid who calls him names.“He just calls me 'stupid' and…

Texas schools are required by law to protect students from bullying, ever since the Texas Legislature passed a bullying and cyber-bullying bill in 2011.…

Fort Worth City Council member Joel Burns is resigning the seat that State Sen. Wendy Davis once held. Burns, who is openly gay, has been in office since…

Middle school can be a tough transitional period. Students leave the comfortable nest of elementary school and face new challenges like harder classes and…

Victims of bullies are more likely to be arrested and jailed as young adults than people who weren't bullied in childhood, a study finds. And young women are having more problems than young men.