13 Facts About School bullying

Some strategies used to reduce or prevent school bullying include educating the students about bullying, restricting of recording devices in the classroom, employing security technology, and hiring school safety officers.

Effects on the victims of school bullying include feelings of depression, anxiety, anger, stress, helplessness, and reduced school performance Some victims of school bullying have attempted to committed suicide.

Research in school bullying has dramatically expanded over time, rising from 62 citations in the 90 years between 1900 and 1990, to 562 in the 4 years between 2000 and 2004.

Signs that a child has witnessed bullying include: poor school behaviour, emotional disturbance, depression, post-traumatic stress, drug and alcohol abuse, and suicidal ideation.

The 2009 Wesley Report on bullying found that pack bullying was more prominent in high schools and lasted longer than bullying undertaken by individuals.

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Physical School bullying is any unwanted physical contact between the bully and the victim.

Research suggests that cyberSchool bullying is sometimes an extension of School bullying already taking place elsewhere.

Victims of School bullying tend to be physically smaller, more sensitive, unhappy, cautious, anxious, quiet, and withdrawn.

McNamee and Mercurio state that there is a "School bullying triangle", consisting of the person doing the School bullying, the person getting bullied, and the bystander.

International analyses highlight the impact of School bullying on learning outcomes, showing that School bullying reduces students' achievement in key subjects such as mathematics.

Studies have shown that bullying programs set up in schools with the engagement of staff and faculty have been shown to reduce peer victimization and bullying.

Incidences of School bullying are noticeably reduced when the students themselves disapprove of School bullying.

The mother and son won a court case against the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, making this the first case in North America where a school board has been found negligent in a bullying case for failing to meet the standard of care that the school board owes to its students.