Safe Schools & Youth

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  Peer-To-Peer Violence and Bullying: Examining the Federal Response

  U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
  September 2011
  

  This report analyzes government efforts to protect minority youth from violence and bullying in school. The report cites Williams Institute scholars Dr. Ilan H. Meyer, Williams Senior Scholar of Public Policy and Williams Institute Faculty Advisory Committee Members Stuart Biegel and Greg Herek.

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  Briefing on Peer-to-Peer Violence and Bullying: Examining the Federal Response

  By Ilan H. Meyer
  May 2011
  

  Testimony made before the United States Commission on Civil Rights briefing on “Peer-to-Peer Violence and Bullying: Examining the Federal Response.”

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• Safe at School: Addressing the School Environment and LGBT Safety through Policy and Legislation

  By Stuart Biegel & Sheila James Kuehl
  September 2010
  

  This policy brief examines what we know from both litigation and research concerning the challenges faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth in America’s public schools.

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• The Right to Be Out: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in America’s Public Schools

  By Stuart Biegel
  

  Despite significant advances for gay and transgender persons in the United States, the public school environment remains daunting, even frightening, as evidenced by numerous high-profile incidents of discrimination, bullying, violence, and suicide.

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