Until the late 1980s, it was common for students to be spanked when they misbehaved in school. This controversial method of discipline is known as corporal punishment. Corporal punishment is when a ...

Robbinsville High School sits in a small gap in the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina. Green slopes dotted with cattle hug in around the school before they rise into a thick cover of pine trees. David ...

Presently, 19 states still allow corporal punishment. The United States Supreme Court decision in 1977 said that “corporal punishment was not cruel and unusual punishment and is, thus, allowed in ...

ALBANY — A bill to ban corporal punishment in all schools statewide became law this week with a signature from Gov. Kathy Hochul. The new law prohibits teachers, administrators, officers, employees or ...

Colorado could be on the brink of doing something nearly two dozen states have yet to do: outlaw corporal punishment in schools. “I thought this was already done. I did not realize this was still a ...

Four years ago on Wednesday, Jessica Serafin was paddled by her San Antonio charter school principal for breaking a school rule. Serafin was just a few days past her 18th birthday, making her an adult ...

Corporal punishment has declined so rapidly in the United States in the last 15 years that many people think it’s practically nonexistent in modern American public schools. To the contrary, more than ...

Incidents of physical abuse of students by teachers in educational institutions across Bangladesh have once again reached an ...

Corporal punishment had been in a slow decline before the pandemic, but remains legal in 19 states, mostly in the South. The practice makes children more aggressive and disruptive, researchers say. By ...

The indictment of Vikings running back Adrian Peterson for allegedly using a wooden "switch" to punish his 4-year-old son has put a spotlight on corporal punishment. Though on the downswing in the ...