Read the text and answer question below. OPINION: Bullying is on the rise, survey shows. How did we get here? I have been thinking a lot lately about bullying in schools, as a parent, citizen and executive director of a nonprofit that works closely with educators across the nation. I know that many of us have been. My organization, YouthTruth, has analyzed insights about bullying from survey responses of more than 180,000 students in grades 5-12 across 37 states. We’ve learned that most bullying still happens in person (not online), and that the top three reasons students felt they were bullied included their appearance, their race or skin color, and because other students thought they were gay. Overall, just over one in four students in 2016 said they had been bullied in school. Over the last year in particular, however, many of my educator colleagues around the country were feeling like there was more to the story. They were looking at their own “student voice” data and wanted to know: Is bullying increasing just at my school, or is this part of a larger trend? How did we get here? Who is being bullied, and why? Emboldened by these conversations, we recently took a fresh look at our latest bullying data to better understand this shifting landscape. (…) Students are not always considered front-line experts as we work to make our schools and classrooms safe spaces for learning. But they should be. Asking students directly and anonymously for feedback is incredibly powerful. There is so much we can learn when we not only ask students about their experiences, but also listen deeply and react promptly to what we hear. Indeed, listening to students is the first step in building the knowledge, dialogue and action needed to stop bullying in our schools. (www.hechingerreport.org) what is the main idea of the last paragraph?

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OPINION: Bullying is on the rise, survey shows. How did we get here?

I have been thinking a lot lately about bullying in schools, as a parent, citizen and executive director of a nonprofit that works closely with educators across the nation. I know that many of us have been.

My organization, YouthTruth, has analyzed insights about bullying from survey responses of more than 180,000 students in grades 5-12 across 37 states. We’ve learned that most bullying still happens in person (not online), and that the top three reasons students felt they were bullied included their appearance, their race or skin color, and because other students thought they were gay. Overall, just over one in four students in 2016 said they had been bullied in school.

Over the last year in particular, however, many of my educator colleagues around the country were feeling like there was more to the story. They were looking at their own “student voice” data and wanted to know: Is bullying increasing just at my school, or is this part of a larger trend? How did we get here? Who is being bullied, and why? Emboldened by these conversations, we recently took a fresh look at our latest bullying data to better understand this shifting landscape.

(…)

Students are not always considered front-line experts as we work to make our schools and classrooms safe spaces for learning. But they should be. Asking students directly and anonymously for feedback is incredibly powerful. There is so much we can learn when we not only ask students about their experiences, but also listen deeply and react promptly to what we hear. Indeed, listening to students is the first step in building the knowledge, dialogue and action needed to stop bullying in our schools.

(www.hechingerreport.org)

what is the main idea of the last paragraph?