LOWER MANHATTAN — The way students and administrators report bullying at New York City public schools can be at odds with each other, a report from DNAinfo shows.
DNAinfo New York mapped how bullying was tracked at the city's 1,700 public schools in 2014 — while many students said they experienced bullying, numerous incidents appear to go unreported by schools, the data shows.
The discrepancy lies within the different systems for reporting bullying. For administrators, acts of bullying can be reported through two databases. The Department of Education also surveys students in sixth through 12th grade, asking them whether bullying is a problem.
In recent months, the city has come under fire, in audits, for under-reporting bullying incidents.
At schools across the city, the amount of bullying perceived by students is much greater than the number of incidents reported by administrators.
That trend holds true at some Lower Manhattan schools as well.
TriBeCa middle school, I.S. 289, for example, had only one incident of bullying reported to a state database in 2014, but 18 percent of its students surveyed said bullying happens most or all of the time.
For a look at the reports of bullying incidents at Lower Manhattan public schools, and citywide, click on the interactive below.
