Facts about bullying
- In one study, 18% of the children said they would join in if their friends were bullying someone.
- One in four teachers see nothing wrong with bullying and will not intervene 4 percent of the time.
- Over 3.2 million students are victims of bullying each year.
- Approximately 160,000 teens leave school every day because of bullying.
- One in seven students in grades K-12 is either a bully or a victim of bullying
- In school, 56% of students personally witnessed at least one type of bullying.
- Over two-thirds of students think that schools respond poorly to bullying, with a high percentage of students believing that adult help is infrequent and ineffective
- Physical bullying increases in elementary school and middle school but declines in high shchool. Verbal abuse remains the same.
- One of ten studets drop out of school because of repeated bullying.
- 71% of students report incidents of bullying to their school as a major problem.
- Harassment and bullying have ben linked to 75% of school shootings.
- 90% of 4th through 8th graders report being bully victims.
- October is the national Bullying Prevention Awarness month.
- October 4-10 is Bullying Prevention week.
- National Blue Shirt Day is October 5. Wear a blue shirt to stomp out bullying.