A New Report on Bullying

A new report (Queue, Inc. - December Issue www.queuenews.com ) has been published to mark the beginning of Anti-Bullying Week in England. It examines how bullying, or the fear of bullying, is the cause of a third of all truancies.
Snapshot of the findings:

• 20,000 kids truant everyday because of bullying
• 1 in 3 truants (36%) blame bullying
• Two in five young people (42%) who are bullied, admit to skipping school at least once
• Overall a third of all 11-17 year olds in the England admit to skipping school at least once because of the fear of bullying

The report is available here: http://www.beatbullying.org/reports/bullying-truancy-report-2006.pdf