Even after its banning, corporal punishment is still being used in some schools and for a new generation of teachers they ...

Some Georgia school districts still allow corporal punishment, including paddling. Here's what state law and local policies say.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Children's health experts have called for corporal punishment to be "abolished." So why is it still legal in many states? (Getty ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover education as a sector and as the bedrock of all sectors. In his defense, Mr. Peterson posted on Twitter that “I have to ...

Impairing Education American Civil Liberties Union and Human Rights Watch Aug. 11, 2009 62 pages The Gist: It seems like a scene from Oliver Twist — a young pupil being beaten by a 300-lb man wielding ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — This school year, Illinois will become just the fifth state in the nation to prohibit corporal punishment in all schools. Legislation that Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law this ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Some Florida lawmakers want to tighten up the rules that currently allows teachers and other school staff members to strike kids for misbehaving. A bill filed by Rep. Katherine Waldron ...

Spanking and other forms of corporal punishment of children are still common in the US and worldwide, despite bans in 24 countries. Spanking has declined in the U.S. since 1975 but nearly 80 percent ...

When news broke recently that a 6-year-old student was beaten with a wooden paddle by her school principal in Florida, many people likely had to double check that it wasn’t a story from the 1950s. In ...

All parents want their children to attend safe schools where the focus is on learning and students of all races are treated fairly. Unfortunately, after months of investigation into the use of ...

Corporal punishment is viewed as more acceptable and effective when called spanking, according to a new study. Parents and nonparents alike judged identical acts of a child's misbehavior and the ...