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National Headquarters:

121 West 27th Street, Suite 804
New York, NY 10001

Website: www.glsen.org

Mission/Goals: GLSEN strives to assure that each member of every school community is valued and respected, regardless of sexual orientation and/or gender identity. GLSEN offers several programs and events for students, teachers and policy makers. Another GLSEN program, the Jump-Start Leadership Team, is currently under evaluation.

Source(s): www.guidestar.org; www.glsen.org

Type of Evaluation: Outcomes Monitoring.

Note: This report has not yet been released and is NOT for public dissemination. No Name-Calling Week aims to draw national attention to the problem of name-calling in schools, and to provide students and educators with the tools and inspiration to launch an on-going dialogue about ways to eliminate name-calling in their communities.

Objective: To measure the impact of No Name-Calling Week on students.

Impact/Outcomes: The study found a 13% decrease in the number of students who reported witnessing name-calling in school, a 14% decrease in the number who reported being the target of name calling, an 18% decrease in the number who reported calling other students names. The study also found that 23% fewer students reported that mean rumors or lies had been spread about them at the end of the year and 21% fewer students reported sexual harassment.