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Bridge Building

Promoting Culturally Responsive Practices and Policies to Address Bullying in K–12 Schools

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Students, Teachers, and Leaders Addressing Bullying in Schools

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Bullying is a pervasive problem within all grade levels across race/ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, ability, sexual orientation, native language, religion/beliefs/ faith, and immigration status. I became interested in this research over 20 years ago when I worked with young men ages 13 to 18, who were identified as emotionally disturbed.

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  1. Kent State University, USA

    Christa Boske

  2. New Mexico State University, USA

    Azadeh Osanloo

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Boske, C. (2015). Bridge Building. In: Boske, C., Osanloo, A. (eds) Students, Teachers, and Leaders Addressing Bullying in Schools. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-148-9_36

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