A new report from the Southern Poverty Law Center showed children have been negatively impacted by the election, with kids’ classroom climate suffering drastically.
The Monday report, which surveyed 10,000 teachers across the U.S., found many students were experiencing higher anxiety and there were more reported cases of “verbal harassment, the use of slurs and derogatory language, and disturbing incidents involving swastikas, Nazi salutes and Confederate flags.”
According to the survey’s findings, nine out of 10 educators saw a negative impact on students’ mood and behavior after the election. Eight out of 10 educators reported higher anxiety by marginalized students.
Half of educators said they heard students targeting each other based on who they would have voted for.