SCHOOL FOR THOUGHT

We’re not in Kansas anymore…

For those of us who went to school a while ago, the rising incidence and seriousness of bullying in schools is hard to believe. It certainly wasn’t like this when we were in school!

However, our investigation into why parents choose private schools found that one of the main reasons parents flee public schools is because they are worried about their children’s safety. Most of these parents further reported that they had found a safe haven in a private school. Clearly, it is possible for schools to address the bullying phenomenon effectively.

This report shows how seriously bullying is being taken in the US, and the widely-divergent numbers of reported bullyings reinforce the fact that schools can (and should) deal effectively with bullying.