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• Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
• Date: September 03, 2006
• URL: Read the story
• Bylines: Dan Hardy
• Topics: Education , Safety
• Data Types: State Data
• Description/Excerpt: Dan Hardy of the Philadelphia Inquirer reviewed school violence data, finding that "many Pennsylvania districts did not report common offenses, such as bullying or fighting. Philadelphia left out thousands of incidents, including those in which no one was caught or the offender was not a student." Twenty percent of New Jersey districts reported no violence at all in their schools.