International survey of the knowledge and perceptions of educators on bullying and bullying prevention. Includes various size schools ranging from elementary through high school.
Educators indicated that training is necessary to help prepare them to understand and reduce bullying in our schools today.

--Kevorkian, M. M., et. al. (In process). Knowledge and perceptions of educators on bullying and bullying prevention.

25% felt that cyber-bullying was a problem
64% agreed that bullying negatively impacts academic achievement
70% wanted more professional development
88% agreed that they play a large role in prevention
92% agreed that bullying is linked to school violence
93% believed that training on bullying prevention should be provided to pre-service teachers

Kevorkian, M. M., et. al., (Under Review) 2010, Sexting, Texting, Cyberbullying and Keeping Youth Safe Online, Journal of Social Science

A little over a 33% of third graders report worrying about being bullied online.
Data was collected from 835 third, fourth and fifth graders in Massachusetts.
An analysis of the data revealed that about 35 % of third, fourth and fifth graders had their own cell phone and about 11% responded that they had received mean or hurtful email or text messages about them.
Approximately 46% of the students responded that they had been bullied in school.
27% worry about being bullied online, only 12% had someone talk to them about bullying online.

On third graders...
Data was collected from 273 third graders in Massachusetts to explore their perceptions of bullying. The findings suggest that bullying is a problem in elementary schools.
47% of third graders reported being bullied at least once in the past couple of months.
52% of third graders reported being called mean names, being made fun of, or teased in a hurtful way at least once in the past couple of months.
51% of third graders reported being left out of things on purpose, excluded from their group of friends or completely ignored at least once in the past couple of months.
41% of third graders reported being hit, kicked, pushed, or shoved around at least once in the past couple of months.
42% of third graders reported that other students told lies or spread false rumors about them and tried to make others not like them.