I'm hearing the same thing over and over: Statewide anti-bullying programs are a joke.

[Smarmie Doofus]

6. It goes without saying that admins are focused on keeping out of trouble.

Pretty much exclusively. They're a different breed entirely and I wasn't talking about them.

But since you brought it up, I agree: they want this issue... it's really a constellation of a lot of issues.... to disappear when it surfaces and will just as soon blame the messenger ( usually the teacher) as not. ( There are, of course, exceptions to this rule.)

Also... no one's more pro-teacher tenure than I, though it ( tenure) really is highly overrated. There are all sorts of ways to create a hostile work environment sufficient to make people ( teachers) change buildings and even professions. Tenure's not going to help much in these cases.

Tenure helps people who REALLY want to hang on to.... well... hang on. But it makes sense that people with other professional options are going to reconsider teaching when they experience the day-to-day reality of what it ( teaching) has become.