Bullying and Open Enrollment PDF - Some state anti-bullying policies require districts to adopt strategies to protect students who have been bullied from further victimization. A few states go one step further, adopting specialized interdistrict transfer policies to allow victims of bullying to enroll in another school district, or allowing for the transfer of bullies themselves. This report describes state policies to allow bullying victims, or bullies themselves, to transfer to another school or district. (Jennifer Dounay Zinth, November 2011)...

State Anti-Bullying Policies: A National Landscape PDF - This PowerPoint presentation outlines anti-bullying policies in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Presentation was made to the 2011 National Conference of State Legislators Legislative Summit in San Antonio, Texas on August 9, 2011. (Jennifer Dounay Zinth, Education Commission of the States, August 2011)...

Table 11.1: Percentage of students ages 12–18 who reported being bullied at school during the school year, by selected bullying problems and selected student or school chara - This table presents statistics on the percentage of students who report being bullied at school. Statistics are broken down by student and school characteristics including sex, ethnicity and grade. The table is from a report that presents the most recent data available on school crime and student safety. (National Center for Education Statistics, 2012)...

Table 11.3: Percentage of students ages 12–18 who reported being cyber-bullied anywhere during the school year, by selected cyber-bullying problems and selected student or s - This table presents statistics on the percentage of students who report being cyber-bullied during the school year. Statistics are broken down by student and school characteristics including sex, ethnicity and grade. The table is from a report that presents the most recent data available on school crime and student safety. (National Center for Education Statistics, 2012)...

Table 18.1: Percentage of students ages 12–18 who reported avoiding school activities or one or more places in school because of fear of attack or harm -- 1995–2009 - This table indicates the number of students who avoid school activities or certain places at school due to fear of violence. The table is from a report that presents the most recent data available on school crime and student safety. (National Center for Education Statistics, 2012)...

Bullying in Schools: An Overview - Provides an overview of a series of studies that explore the connections between bullying in schools, school attendance and engagement, and academic achievement. Included are findings and recommendations for policy and practice. (Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, December 2011)...

Students Who Reported Being Bullied at School or Cyber-Bullied by Student Characteristics: 2007 - Table 251 of the U.S. Census Bureau's Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2012. (U.S. Census Bureau, September 2011)...

Addressing Bullying: State Guidance to Districts and Schools is Both Helpful and a Missed Opportunity - Renewed legislative attention on bullying has led state and local education agencies to enhance their focus on bullying. Some state education agencies have mainly implemented the letter of the law, others have used the legislation to expand attention to the problem. As another barrier to learning, bullying must be addressed and not pursued as just one more initiative rather than as a major opportunity to develop a comprehensive and cohesive system for addressing barriers to learning and teaching. (Center for Mental Health in Schools at UCLA, 2011)...

Student Reports of Bullying: Results from the 2001 School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey - This report examines the prevalence and nature of bullying in relation to student characteristics, school characteristics and victimization. The report explores other behaviors that were reported by the victim, such as fear, avoidance behavior, weapon carrying and academic grades; and examines student reports of being bullied by direct means only, by indirect means only and by both direct and indirect means. Among the report's findings: (1) students in schools where gangs were present were more likely to report being the victims of bullying; (2) victims of bullying were more likely to avoid certain areas of the school and certain activities out of fear of an attack; and (3) victims of bullying were more likely to report they carried weapons to school and were engaged in physical fights. (Jill F. DeVoe, Sarah Kaffenberger and Kathryn Chandler, National Center for Education Statistics, July 2005)...