Considerable research has focused on the scope and impact of bullying and harassment on middle and high school students. Previous findings suggest that a small percentage of students are the target of bullying and harassment, and they may experience long-term emotional damage. But, for researchers and practitioners, many questions remain about the content and forms, the impact, and the amelioration of bullying and harassment in schools. In this article, we as practitioners in the field of bullying prevention address these questions with findings from our fieldwork. Focusing on verbal harassment, we offer detailed descriptions of the content, forms, and motivations behind school bullying. Following this analysis, we shift our focus to discuss the anti-bias education programs we developed and implemented in response to these findings, and we highlight areas in which more research is needed.
