Abstract

Violence—including issues of bullying—in urban schools across the United States is a persistent phenomenon, and continues to be of utmost concern for school administrators, community leaders, students, and their families. Using propensity score matching, we examined the relationship between school type—a magnet career academy and a traditional, comprehensive school—and students’ experiences with bullying—observing and being a victim. We found that academy students—compared to comprehensive school students—both experienced and observed significantly lower levels of bullying. We believe it is likely that students at the magnet career academy benefited from a combination of factors, including their abilities to choose to participate in the academy, having peers with similar career interests, and the small size of the academy.

摘要

美国城市学校的暴力（包括欺凌问题）是一种持续存在的现象，并且仍然是学校管理人员、社区领袖、学生及其家人最关心的问题。使用倾向得分匹配，我们研究了学校类型（磁石职业学院和传统综合学校）与学生的欺凌经历（观察和成为受害者）之间的关系。我们发现，与综合学校的学生相比，专科学校的学生既有经验又有观察力。欺凌行为的发生率显着降低。我们认为，磁铁职业学院的学生很可能受益于多种因素，包括他们选择参加该学院的能力、拥有相似职业兴趣的同龄人以及该学院的规模较小。