Roughly 20% of high school students report being bullied at school in the past year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and 15% of high school students said they were bullied online.
A decade ago, 28% of students reported being bullied.
Bullying behavior is typically defined as a persistent pattern of harassment and intimidation that's directed at an individual and can be physical or verbal.
This study found that the states with laws that had even one of these Department of Education suggestions showed 24% less reports of in-person bullying and 20% less reported cyberbullying.
Iraqi security forces and supporting militias retake the key town of Karma from ISIS, the government's first significant victory in its push to recapture Falluja.