The issue of bullying in schools has taken center stage in the national dialogue in recent years. Bullying has been the backdrop to high-profile suicides, school violence, and increasingly urgent debates over teens/tweens and social media. At most every school in the country, bullying is a major topic of concern.
As often happens, the law has struggled to catch up to an important social issue. But with the recent, thorough and fascinating opinion by Judge Jack B. Weinstein, L.K. v. New York City Dep’t of Educ., 2011 WL 1549243 (E.D.N.Y. April 25, 2011), that may be about to change.
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