School and Educator Resources
Comprehensive anti-bullying resources to help educators foster respectful, safe, and inclusive school communities.
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Lawyers for Civil Rights
- A comprehensive model policy defining identity-based bullying and outlining best-practice procedures for reporting, response, and prevention. Developed in collaboration with educators, students and civil-rights experts.
- Model Policy for Identity-Based Bullying in K–12 Schools [PDF]. View here.
- A comprehensive model policy defining identity-based bullying and outlining best-practice procedures for reporting, response, and prevention. Developed in collaboration with educators, students and civil-rights experts.
Lenny Learning
- An engaging digital resource that teaches elementary students empathy, respect, and inclusion through interactive storytelling and games. Lenny Learning integrates SEL principles and anti-bullying education with a focus on kindness, difference, and belonging.
- Lenny Learning Platform — Social Emotional and Bullying Prevention Lessons for Elementary Students. View here.
- An engaging digital resource that teaches elementary students empathy, respect, and inclusion through interactive storytelling and games. Lenny Learning integrates SEL principles and anti-bullying education with a focus on kindness, difference, and belonging.
Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium
- Offers practical classroom tools to help students explore identity, understand bias, and build empathy through inclusive teaching practices.
- Teaching Kids about Identity and Bias. View here.
- Offers practical classroom tools to help students explore identity, understand bias, and build empathy through inclusive teaching practices.
Welcoming Schools / Human Rights Campaign Foundation
- Research-based lessons and discussion guides that elevate student voice and equip educators to interrupt bias, build belonging, and foster affirming environments.
- Centering Youth Voices: Addressing Identity-Based Bullying. View here.
- Research-based lessons and discussion guides that elevate student voice and equip educators to interrupt bias, build belonging, and foster affirming environments.
Identity Safe Classrooms
- Provides professional-learning modules, reading lists, and classroom strategies to help educators ensure that every student feels seen, respected, and valued.
- Resources for Building Identity-Safe Learning Environments. View here.
- Provides professional-learning modules, reading lists, and classroom strategies to help educators ensure that every student feels seen, respected, and valued.
Learning for Justice (formerly Teaching Tolerance)
- Offers free lesson plans, reflection tools, and professional-development resources that help teachers recognize bias, respond effectively, and create inclusive school climates.
- Bullying, Bias & Inclusion: Educator Resources and Professional Development. View here.
- Offers free lesson plans, reflection tools, and professional-development resources that help teachers recognize bias, respond effectively, and create inclusive school climates.
Making Caring Common Project
- Recommended for parents, caregivers, and educators of youth ages 12–18. This resource supports conversations with teens about navigating online spaces, recognizing hate speech, and promoting digital empathy.
- Talking to Teens about Online Hate Speech: A Guide for Parents and Families. Harvard Graduate School of Education. View here.
- Recommended for parents, caregivers, and educators of youth ages 12–18. This resource supports conversations with teens about navigating online spaces, recognizing hate speech, and promoting digital empathy.
Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center (MARC)
- The MARC Center provides free and low-cost, research-based programs, training, and resources to K-12 schools, families, and professionals across Massachusetts and nationally, with a focus on bullying, cyberbullying, bias, peer relationships, and digital media use.
- Programs & services: bullying, cyberbullying, bias, and digital behavior prevention. Bridgewater State University. View here.
- The MARC Center provides free and low-cost, research-based programs, training, and resources to K-12 schools, families, and professionals across Massachusetts and nationally, with a focus on bullying, cyberbullying, bias, peer relationships, and digital media use.
Children’s Justice Unit at the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General:
- Combating Hate in Our Schools: A Guide for Families and Students Addressing Hate and Bias in Schools Q&A.
- These easy-to-read flyers help educate school communities about hate and bullying. Translations are available on the Children’s Justice Unit webpage.)
- Think Before You Send: Facts About Sexting and Cyberbullying
- Developed as part of the AGO Youth Diversion Program, this pamphlet outlines the risks associated with sexting and cyberbullying.
- What is the STUDY Act?
- Learn about legislation filed by the Attorney General’s Office to create phone-free schools and hold social media companies accountable for youth protections.
- Cell Phones and Social Media in Schools: A Toolkit for School Leaders and Communities
- This toolkit offers guidance on managing the impact of cell phones in schools, model policies, community norms, and digital literacy resources.
- Addressing Hate in School Sports Initiative
- In partnership with MASS, MIAA, DESE, and Northeastern University's Center for the Study of Sport in Society, this initiative offers customized anti-hate training for school communities. Schools may also apply for financial assistance for onsite training via the Addressing Hate in School Sports School Training Financial Assistance Application.
- Combating Hate in Our Schools: A Guide for Families and Students Addressing Hate and Bias in Schools Q&A.