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Threats, Violence Against Teachers Often Unreported
« on: March 12, 2018, 02:44:02 pm »

Threats, Violence Against Teachers Often Unreported

By Robert Preidt

HealthDay Reporter

THURSDAY, March 8, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Teachers who are victims of physical violence or threats at their schools often don't tell anyone about it, claims a study released in the wake of the Parkland, Fla., high school shooting.

"You would think that the first thing a teacher would do after a violent encounter or threat would be to tell the school's administrators, but 20 percent aren't even doing that," said study author Eric Anderman, a professor of educational psychology at Ohio State University. "That's disturbing."

https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20180308/threats-violence-against-teachers-often-unreported