Between 2003 and 2005, the percentage of Hispanic students who reported having been in a fight anywhere near or around school property increased from 36 to 41 percent. During the same period, the percentage of Asian students who reported having been in a fight on school property declined from 13 to 6 percent.
Hispanic students were more likely than White students to report being threatened or injured with a weapon on school property in 2005. However, no measurable differences were found in the percentages of Black and White students, or Black and Hispanic students who reported being threatened or injured in this way.
The effects of violence, physical injury and psychological trauma reduce school attendance, impair concentration and detrimentally affect cognitive development the study found. In addition, fear of violence or abuse at school or on the way to school, can also prevent or reduce attendance and diminish a student’s ability to learn, one UNESCO report indicated.
--Michelle J. Nealy
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