Study Suggests 25% Of High Schoolers Bullied

In the "High School Notes" blog in US News and World Report (8/25), Jason Koebler writes that National Center for Education Statistics released a report on Monday showing that "about a quarter of high school students were bullied at least once during the 2008-2009 school year, and about seven percent were bullied online by other students." Additionally, just over four percent of the 12-18 year olds bullied, or about 289,000 students, "reported bringing a gun, knife, or other weapon to school," and the number was higher, at 7.4 percent, for those who were cyber bullied.