Free program lets kids report bullying in schools with a text message

Mercury News: WASHINGTON -- Students are getting a new weapon to fight back against bullies: their cell phones.

A leading education technology company on Wednesday announced it would give schools a free and confidential way for students to tell school officials via text that they are being bullied or are witnessing bullying. Blackboard's TipTxt program could change the school climate -- or reveal just how pervasive student-on-student harassment has become.

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