Knock it Off
That's the tagline of a new ad campaign to discourage bullying and harassment of gay and lesbian students in American schools. The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) teamed up with the Ad Council to launch the campaign, which targets pervasive but offensive phrases like "that's so gay"-a comment teens commonly use to describe anything unappealing: "When you say, 'That's so gay,' do you realize what you're saying? Knock it off."
The campaign is getting off the ground amidst news that 9 out of 10 lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (lgbt) youths suffer verbal of physical harassment in school. According to a new GLSEN School Climate Study, more than 1 in 5 report that they have been physically assaulted.
You can learn more about the campaign at http://www.thinkb4youspeak.com.
SIGN UP
Visionaries
Click here to browse dozens of Public School Insights interviews with extraordinary education advocates, including:
- Duke Professor Helen Ladd
- Children's Literature Laureate Jon Scieszka
- Middle School Educators Carmen Macchia and Michael De Vito
The views expressed in this website's interviews do not necessarily represent those of the Learning First Alliance or its members.
New Stories
Featured Story
A School that Works for Children
Grove Patterson is 50 percent African-American, 37 percent white and 13 percent Latino, with 40 percent of students considered economically disadvantaged. The school offering a combination of nontraditional programs proven to support student achievement including an extended school day and year, data driven instruction and time for teacher collaobration. The school outperforms the state on average test results in almost every subject in every grade. Learn more...
School/District Characteristics
Hot Topics
Blog Roll
- Edwize
- School Board News (including BoardBuzz and the Leading Source)
- Legal Clips
- The EDifier
- Learning Forward’s PD Watch
- Advancing the Teaching Profession
- Principals' Office
- Principal's Policy Blog
- The Principal Difference
- ASCA Scene
- PDK Blog
- Always Something
- AASA's The Leading Edge
- AASA's School Street
- The Answer Sheet
- U.S. Department of Education Blog
- The Core Knowledge Blog
- This Week in Education
- PTA Blog
- Iste Connects
- Inside School Research
- Teacher Leadership Today
- Center on Education Policy
- On the Shoulders of Giants
- Teacher in a Strange Land
- Teach Moore
- The Tempered Radical
- TLN Teacher Voices
- The Educated Reporter
- The Character Education Partnership Blog
- Edutopia Blogs
- Center for Public Education
- Connect for Kids
- Once Upon a School
Post new comment