Can babies teach kids about empathy and bullying? A program in Seattle aims to do just that. As part of public media's , PBS NewsHour spotlights children in one elementary school classroom who are learning how to treat others. The teacher: a seven-month old baby girl.
Some say there's also a connection between bullying and the dropout crisis. A found that the dropout rate was 29 percent above average in schools that had more incidents of teasing and bullying.