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First Reported Death from Bullying
A 12 year old died from bullying behavior at Kings School in Canterbury, United Kingdom. -
First Systematic Method of Studying Bullying
Dr. Dan Olweus began his research in 1978 and has spent several decades researching the issue of bullying to help keep children safe in schools and other settings. Olweus developed the first systematic method of studying bulling using a self-respect questionnaire. -
First Proposition of Bullying Law
As early as 1981,Dr. Dan Olweus proposed enacting a law against bullying in schools so students could be spared the repeated humiliation implied in bullying. -
Bullying Continues to Evolve
By the end of the 1980s the meaning of bullying continues to evolve to include direct verbal taunting, exclusion, and the spreading of rumors. -
Columbine Massacre
On April 20th 1999, two teenage boys who had been relentlessly bullied went on a shooting spree wounding twenty-three, fatally shooting thirteen, and ended up taking their own lives. Children, parents and school officials around the country were shocked, and no one could deny the need for more pro-social and accepting school environments and a way to combat bullying among students. -
First Reported Death from Cyberbullying
Ryan Halligan was cyber bullied after being physically bullied at school, and he felt as if he had nowhere to go and no refuge. Causing him to hang himself in his family's bathroom at the age of 13. Today his father goes around school's to share the tragic events that has happened to his son to warn students and faculty the dangers of cyber-bullying. -
Federal Law passed against cyberbullying
In January 2006, the US Congress passed a law making it a federal crime to “annoy, abuse, threaten or harass” another person over the internet. -
The First Anti-Cyberbullying Legislation Passed
In August 2008, the California state legislature passed one of the first laws in the country to deal directly with cyber-bullying.The legislation, Assembly Bill 86 2008, gives school administrators the authority to discipline students for bullying others offline or online. -
Entire Country Almost Aboard
Through April of 2011, 46 states have passed legislations involving anti-bullying. Hawaii, Michigan, Montana, and South Dakota are the only states without legislation against bullying. Whether it involves mandatory education programs or direct discipline, this was a huge step for the anti-bullying movement.