Bullying victimization is estimated to affect 15% to 20% of the U.S. student population, with verbal teasing and intimidation being its most common form and boys reported to be victims at a higher rate than girls (Furlong, Chung, Bates, & Morrison, 1995). A study found that 88% of secondary school students reported having observed bullying and 76.8% stated that they had been a victim of bullying at school (Hoover, Oliver, & Hazler, 1992).
I think the best method to mitigate bullying is the way the school in california did it.
They efficiently communicated among teachers with their students. Before a problem could even began to develop they were on top of it by either calling parents or having conferences with students. The teachers were assigned a small amount of students to mentor and guide to check on the behavior and regular day to day status of the child. This limits the amount of problems and issues the child could have at a school, which i feel is a very
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They enforced multiculturalism, meaning that a multitude of cultures , religions or racial groups co-existed in the school, teaching them about racism and how cross racial disrespect is intolerable.
The teachers built strong relationships with their students which left the students to feel as if they could approach them at any time. The bond between the teacher student is enhanced because of the small setting of the school. Rather than students being just numbers the teachers would ideally know the students on a name to name basis.
The climate and culture is constantly changing and conforming to new students and their new problems so every student feels they can get help. Both the teachers and students will constantly be refreshing and changing to prevent the teachers being bored with their position causing them to care less. As said in the chapter teachers are more willing in creating new methods when it comes to meeting new