Nearly a Third Say Teachers Ill-Equipped to Handle Bullying
Based on Sexual Orientation NEW YORK, May 12, 2008 %96 A new
study of public school principals released today by GLSEN, the
Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, in collaboration
with the National Association of Secondary School Principals
(NASSP) finds that half of principals view bullying as a serious
problem at their schools, yet they appear to underestimate the
extent of harassment that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender
(LGBT) students experience. The study, The Principal%92s
Perspective: School Safety, Bullying and Harassment, conducted
by Harris Interactive%AE on behalf of GLSEN, surveyed 1,580 K-12
public school principals between June 15 and August 3, 2007.
While a majority of secondary school principals report that
students at their schools have been harassed because of their
gender expression (how masculine or feminine they are) (95%) or
because of their actual or perceived sexual orientation (92%),
few principals believe this t