Bullying at the White House and in the schoolyard

LAAS LEIVAT

A University of Missouri and University of Virginia joint study has found a measurable increase in school districts reporting teasing and bullying since the U.S. President was elected in 2016.

Certainly these results are not conclusive and need valid replication. But the survey methodology has not been discredited.

Specifically the research was conducted in response to media reports that increases in bullying were noticed by schools after the 2016 elections. Approximately 155,000 seventhand eighth grade students completed the survey in 2013, 2015 and 2017, thus before and after the 2016 presidential elections.

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