50 Facts on Bullying
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Lett, Jeff. "The numbers continue to rise every month..." Editorial. Bully Facts & Statistics. N.p., 2009. Web. 30 May 2012. . 1. 1 in 7 Students in Grades K-12 is either a bully or a victim of bullying. 2. 56% of students have personally witnessed some type of bullying at school. 3. It is estimated that 160,000 children miss school every day due to fear of attack or intimidation by other students. Source: National Education Association. 4. American schools harbor approximately 2.1 million bullies and 2.7 million of their victims. Dan Olweus, National School Safety Center. 5. - 71% of students report incidents of bullying as a problem at their school. 6. 90% of 4th through 8th graders report being victims of bullying
- Among students, homicide perpetrators were more than twice as likely as homicide victims to have been bullied by peers.
7. Bullying statistics say revenge is the strongest motivation for school shootings. 8. According to bullying statistics, 1 out of every 10 students who drops out of school does so because of repeated bullying. 9. Bullying can take many forms but it usually includes the following types of behavior:
• Physical – hitting, kicking, pinching, punching, scratching, spitting or any other form of physical attack. Damage to or taking someone else’s belongings may also constitute as physical bullying.
• Verbal – name calling, insulting, making racist, sexist or homophobic jokes, remarks or teasing, using sexually suggestive or abusive language, offensive remarks
• Indirect – spreading nasty stories about someone, exclusion from social groups, being made the subject of malicious rumours, sending abusive mail, and email and text messages (cyber bullying).
• Cyber Bullying - any type of bullying that is carried out by electronic medium. There are 7 types including:
10. A new review of studies from 13 countries found signs of an apparent connection between
Lett, Jeff. "The numbers continue to rise every month..." Editorial. Bully Facts & Statistics. N.p., 2009. Web. 30 May 2012. . 1. 1 in 7 Students in Grades K-12 is either a bully or a victim of bullying. 2. 56% of students have personally witnessed some type of bullying at school. 3. It is estimated that 160,000 children miss school every day due to fear of attack or intimidation by other students. Source: National Education Association. 4. American schools harbor approximately 2.1 million bullies and 2.7 million of their victims. Dan Olweus, National School Safety Center. 5. - 71% of students report incidents of bullying as a problem at their school. 6. 90% of 4th through 8th graders report being victims of bullying
- Among students, homicide perpetrators were more than twice as likely as homicide victims to have been bullied by peers.
7. Bullying statistics say revenge is the strongest motivation for school shootings. 8. According to bullying statistics, 1 out of every 10 students who drops out of school does so because of repeated bullying. 9. Bullying can take many forms but it usually includes the following types of behavior:
• Physical – hitting, kicking, pinching, punching, scratching, spitting or any other form of physical attack. Damage to or taking someone else’s belongings may also constitute as physical bullying.
• Verbal – name calling, insulting, making racist, sexist or homophobic jokes, remarks or teasing, using sexually suggestive or abusive language, offensive remarks
• Indirect – spreading nasty stories about someone, exclusion from social groups, being made the subject of malicious rumours, sending abusive mail, and email and text messages (cyber bullying).
• Cyber Bullying - any type of bullying that is carried out by electronic medium. There are 7 types including:
10. A new review of studies from 13 countries found signs of an apparent connection between