Attending a high school that reduces the fear of bullying raises students' graduation rates¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r? · q2
Currency · newest study 2023 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Students who attended a school at the 85th percentile of bullying reduction graduated high school at rates 4 percentage points higher than students at schools at the 15th percentile. → Kiguel 2023

Evidence¶

Kiguel 2023¶

Kiguel, S. (2023). Moving the needle on bullying and educational outcomes. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/docview/30488487

q2 · i? · causal · r?

Quasi-experimental analysis linking school-level bullying-reduction effects to administrative graduation records for 78,951 first-time ninth-graders in Chicago Public Schools. Students at 85th-percentile schools "graduated high school at rates that were 4 percentage points higher vs. the 15th percentile."

"Students who attended a school at the 85th percentile of bullying reduction graduated high school at rates that were 4 percentage points higher vs. the 15th percentile."

Discussion¶

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