-13 million kids will be bullied in the U.S. this year.
-Bullying is the most common form of violence in our society today. Between 15 and 30 percent of students are bullies or victims.
-According to the National Education Association, about 160,000 children miss school every day due to the fear of attack or intimidation from other students.
-According to the National School Safety Center, American school with hold approximately 2.1 millions bullies and 2.7 million of their victims.
-In grades K-12, 1 in 7 students are either a bully or are being bullied.
-71% of students report incidents of bullying as problems at their school.
-1 our of 20 students has seen another student with a gun at school.
-282,000 students in secondary schools are attacked each month.
-90% of 4th through 8th graders report being victims of bullying.
-Homicide perpetrators are more than twice as likely as homicide victims to have been bullied by their peers.
-87% of students say that school shooting are motivated by the desire to "get back at those who have hurt them".
-According to bullying statistics, 1 out of every 10 people that drop out of school, did so because of bullying.
-75% of school shootings can be linked to harrasment and bullying.
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