Federal Report: 220,300 Public School Teachers Physically Attacked by Students
(CNSNews.com) - A record 220,300 public school teachers reported that they were physically attacked by a student during the 2015-2016 school year, according to a report jointly published this month by the National Center for Education Statistics and the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
The 220,300 public school teachers who said they were physically attacked by a student in 2015-2016 is up from the 197,400 who said they were attacked by a student in 2011-2012 (which is the last school year before 2015-2016 for which teachers were surveyed on the question).
In 1993-94, the first year that public school teachers were surveyed on the question, 112,400 said they were physically attacked by a student.
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