Teachers must report children to government for playground taunts

England’s government database for children’s aged five and up has been around since 2002. The government is ramping up pressure on teachers to log “hate” bullying. Hate bullying as defined by the state has grown from racist taunts in 2002 to include disability-related and homophobic taunts in 2007. Incidents are to be recorded so that a child’s behavior can be watched for future signs of “hate” bullying.

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