90% of
all school shootings involved children who had been mercilessly humiliated
and bullied
Only
1 out of 4 students say they go to a school where adults and other
students care about them
Everyday 160,000
kids stay home from school because they live in fear for their lives
every
15 seconds another child is
severely beaten
74%
of middle school and 77% of
high school students experienced one or more situations of serious
violence
One
in six teachers report having been the victim of violence in or around
school in 2001. This compares to one in nine teachers in 1994. It is
increasing every year
Because
of underreported bullying, teachers may be unaware of bullying incidents
even when they occur in the classroom. In one study, teachers were found
to intervene in only 18 percent of cases