Growing number of NYC students feel unsafe as gang activity, bullying uptick in schools: survey
While Chancellor David Banks painted a rosy picture of the Big Apple’s public schools this week, the results of a citywide student survey show a darker reality — with a growing number of kids saying they are bullied, unhappy and unsafe.
Of 355,105 K-12 pupils polled by the city Department of Education this spring, 51% said harassment, bullying and intimidation by classmates was common. Last year, 48% of students felt that way.
Gang activity occurred some or most of the time in school, 27% of students said, up 2% from last year.
More kids feel unsafe and unhappy, the DOE survey found, with 20% of kids disagreeing with the statement: “most days I have felt safe when at school,” a 3% increase from 2023. And 26% of kids rejected the phrase: “most days I have felt happy when at school,” up from 24% a year earlier.
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