Bullying can happen in the schools, but it also happens online. A child could be doing homework online ad actually be bullied by social media like Facebook. Bullying is not targeted to a single group of people. At any given time, anyone can be the subject of a bully. Most kids do not report it. It can happen at any age for any reason.

Bullying is something many people remember about school. Some consider it a part of growing up, but there can be serious health consequences, even into adulthood, according to a recent study done at Duke University. Airone Jones Sanders, a 9th grader at Southeast Raleigh High School, compares her middle school years to being in jail.

In his January 2014 State of the Union address, President Obama called for a new federal minimum wage of $10.10 an hour. The year before, in the same speech, he proposed a $9 minimum wage. This article addresses the different reasons to increase and the issues with increasing the minimum wage. it discusses how it has changed over the years and states that the original minimum wage was 25 cents an hour back in 1938. There are quite a few interesting stats in this article.

Since the acquittal of Trayvon Martin's killer in 2013 and the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014, the phrase "black lives matter" has become a rallying cry for a new chapter in the long black freedom struggle. Th is article visits the numerous misconseptions of the movement and explains the truths in depth.

Until recently, the phrase "anti-bullying" wasn't likely to appear under the radar in a search for "contemporary social justice issues." Only in the last several years has it gained initiative as a proactive movement, with related organizations slowly gaining momentum.

is a paper written by another college student studying how teachers treat sped kids. It specifically visits autism and students with emotional problems. The teachers would rather work with a child with autism than the child with emotional behavioral problems. It really discusses the difference of how teachers interact with them.

This sight talks about social injustices in the k12 school system. It explains that streamlining special ed services into the normal classroom is beneficial to students. Everyone should get the same help ad attention as to not single one child out.