Bully Pulpit

Re “Schools Roll Out Programs to Help Crack Down on Bullies,” Sept. 6: While clamping down on students who bully is fine, why not focus on changing the cause of such behavior in the first place? Yes, this would be more time-consuming, more expensive and grab fewer headlines, but it would also be much more effective. Consistent and repeated instruction in ethics, morality, tolerance, respect for others and the Golden Rule, from the first through fifth grades, would reduce the problem in the sixth through 12th grades.

Cheryl Kohr

Redondo Beach