Fast Facts: Bullies by the Books

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.


American schools harbor approximately 2.1 million bullies and 2.7 million of their victims. Dan Olweus, National School Safety Center.


Nearly one-third of middle schoolers have been the object of sexual jokes, comments or gestures. Another 15 percent have been bullied or harassed because of their religion or race. National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center


The effects of bullying can be long-lasting. By age 23, children who were bullied in middle school were more depressed and had lower self-esteem than their peers who had not been bullied.  Dan Olweus, Univeristy of Bergen