Sometimes that’s the problem.

In the U.K., the London Daily Mail reports that several thousand children in Great Britain are being homeschooled because of widespread and uncontrolled bullying in the school system.

While this hasn’t been the predominant motivation cited in studies in the U.S., “concern about the environment of other schools” edged out religious and academic reasons in at least one study published by the Department of Education in recent years.

Chart Source: U.S. Dept. of Ed., National Center for Educational Statistics