Schools should take a part in social issues concerning the community of stakeholders and yes, here again schools should take a crucial stance in helping to quell/squash bullying. Reasons are as follows; schools are to model and be a safe environment, schools are to protect the stakeholders there within, and schools should educate and counsel those on both sides of these situations.
If a school is not a safe environment, then one cannot expect a student to attend on a regular basis. The expectations of the school are to be that of safety from physical, psychological, and/or social harm. Obviously Facebook has done our society, in this realm, no favors. A students teenage angst does not end when they leave campus. Our students are constantly bombarded with damage and fallout from those internal and external to the school environment...what can a staff do to soften the blow(s)?
Our abilities to observe the hallways and classrooms need to be resharpened. No more can we let teaching moments go by just because we don't want to get involved. I always take a moment to stop when an ounce of negativity spews forth from one/more of my students toward other student(s). In those moments, my lesson plans become tentative and I focus my concerns for both sides of the drama. I make referrals as needed to those (counselor(s), principal, and parent(s)) who can better the situation. I never let a teaching moment go by...have I before? yes, when I first started teaching, trying to just survive the day. In my most recent years I have learned form those mistakes and now look for those moments, as we all should, would, and could.
To conclude, other issues that schools should have some responsibility for are as follows; the socioeconomic status of students/families and the parenting skills of the parental stakeholders.
