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Reveal: The Kids Aren't All Right

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Reveal explores how elementary, middle and high schools across the country handle sexual assault.

Federal law requires colleges and universities to track and disclose sexual assaults on campus. It’s different for kindergarten through 12th grade, where there are no similar requirements for cases involving assaults between students. In elementary, middle and high schools across the U.S., the Associated Press found a shocking level of sexual violence among students, including on U.S. military bases.

We start off in Maine, where AP reporter Robin McDowell examines what happened to a junior high student after he told school officials how other students bullied and sexually assaulted him starting in seventh grade. Many victims, school officials and parents are reluctant to talk about cases like this, so the larger problem goes unreported.

And Reveal host Al Letson speaks with reporters Reese Dunklin and Justin Pritchard about a new angle in their investigation: How the U.S. military has failed to protect or provide justice to children of servicemembers who are sexually abused by other kids on base.

Finally, Reveal reporter Katharine Mieszkowski takes us to one Oklahoma school district where students pressured school administrators to do more to help victims. And from Oregon, she reports on how some school districts are trying to identify warning signs and intervene before students’ troubling sexual behavior harms other kids.

Reveal is a weekly radio program produced by The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX. For more, check outour website andsubscribe to our podcast.

Reveal is a weekly radio program produced by The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX. For more, check out Reveal's website and subscribe to the podcast.
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