our guest is catherine bradshaw. welcome.brought you in because one thing we heard about in new jersey when it comes to their approach to believe in school. can you tell us what happened? guest: they have passed one of the toughest anti-bowling balls. clearly they are setting the mark to having a clear policy and outlining as that of prevention activities that schools can implement to prevent bullying. host: who is involved in that? guest: the state department of education outline their policy in relation with community stakeholders. then they develop policies for the individual education agencies to outline in greater detail that would be implemented at the ground level. host: talk a little bit about the reaction from the school systems themselves, because from what i've read, there was quite a reaction. guest: right. clearly this will be a big change for schools. they're now required to implement prevention programs and policies to prevent bullying. there will be a district coordinator for bullying prevention activities wit

and it can have very profound effects on them. >> host: for catherine bradshaw, anna a democrats line, go ahead. >> caller: i was talking about the bully being in school. how can we set an example to our children when the senate and the congress are bullying themselves along in their own ways. that's not an example for our children to set. and millions of children are watching tv and what's going on between the democrats and between the republicans. i don't think they set an example for our young people. and i think it starts from the top and in the home. thank you. >> guest: yeah, there's actually quite a bit of research around some of the factors that you brought up, which we referred to collectively as social learning theory. that kids and adults learn from watching other people. so as you cited in the home, that's one of the places where kids can watch their adult -- their parents or other adults engaging in bullying or other forms of aggressive behavior. they can certainly learn it from the media, watching television shows that might model bullying behavior. certainly, if kids ar

host: catherine bradshaw, thank you for your time. we know -- now go to the u.s. house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. september 6, 2011. i hereby appoint the honorable alan b. west to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. dear lord, we give you thanks for giving us another day. in the wake of a great american holiday, we ask your special blessing on american workers who are fortunate to have jobs during these difficult economic times and those desiring work. may they know and be confident of the nobility and sacredness of their labor. during this day of travel, bringing the members of the people's house back to the capitol, may your angels accompany all ensuring a safe return for all. lord, the task facing the nation's congress is

our guest is catherine bradshaw. welcome. we brought you in because one thing we heard about in new jersey when it comes to their approach to believe in school. can you tell us what happened? guest: they have passed one of the toughest anti-bowling balls. clearly they are setting the mark to having a clear policy and outlining as that of prevention activities that schools can implement to prevent bullying. host: who is involved in that? guest: the state department of education outline their policy in relation with community stakeholders. then they develop policies for the individual education agencies to outline in greater detail that would be implemented at the ground level. host: talk a little bit about the reaction from the school systems themselves, because from what i've read, there was quite a reaction. guest: right. clearly this will be a big change for schools. they're now required to implement prevention programs and policies to prevent bullying. there will be a district coordinator for bullying prevention activities