School Violence: What Are the Consequences for Students’ Educational Trajectories?
In a new article for the Inter-American Development Bank, FOS Affiliate Román Andrés Zárate and co-authors share findings from their research in Chile, showing how school violence can affect students’ academic performance and educational trajectories well beyond the immediate incident.
School violence is one of the most widespread — and least visible — experiences in school life. International surveys capture its scale: roughly one in three students reports being bullied in the past month or physically attacked in the past year. Yet we know far less about the medium- and long-term consequences. Do victims recover once the episode is considered closed, or do the effects linger in their educational trajectories?