stop the bullying!!!!!!
What are the facts about bullying?
National Center for Education Statistics, 1998 Bureau of Justice Statistics; Time, May 18, 1998
- See more at: http://www.ochumanrelations.org/programs/bridges/bullying-resources-and-information/#sthash.lcldFjak.dpuf
- It is estimated that 160,000 children miss school every day due to fear of attack or intimidation by other students.
- American schools harbor approximately 2.1 million bullies and 2.7 million of their victims. Dan Olweus, National School Safety Center.
- One in seven students is either a bully or victim.
- 15% of all school absenteeism is directly related to fears of being bullied at school.
- 71% of students report incidents of bullying as a problem at their school.
- Nearly nine in ten students who identify as LGBT report being verbally harassed at school. 32.7 report missing a day of school because of feeling unsafe, the national average is 4.5%. GLSEN: The 2007 National School Climate Survey
- In one study by “Fight Crime: Invest in Kids,” nearly 60 percent of boys whom researchers classified as bullies in grades six to nine were convicted of at least one crime by the age of 24, while 40 percent had three or more convictions.
National Center for Education Statistics, 1998 Bureau of Justice Statistics; Time, May 18, 1998
- See more at: http://www.ochumanrelations.org/programs/bridges/bullying-resources-and-information/#sthash.lcldFjak.dpuf