Tifton - - The parents of a five year old boy have pulled him out of the Tift County public school system saying he was given an excessive paddling. The student was paddled at Annie Bell school for ...

A new debate over corporal punishment in public schools has been brewing since a video of a Georgia 6-year-old being paddled went viral. The video below, shows Shana Perez's son begin taken to the ...

Two Texas mothers set off a firestorm recently when they complained that a male assistant principal had severely paddled their daughters. One of the mothers pointed out that school policy required ...

Re: "Corporal punishment is still a thing in Tennessee? Time to end it for our kids' sake," by David Plazas, Nov. 16. Many are shocked to learn that corporal punishment is still legal and widely ...

In more than 15 states across the country, paddling is still an option for student discipline in schools, the Washington Post reports. Primarily in the South, children can receive paddling, or ...

President Biden's secretary of education released a letter calling for the end of all corporal punishment in U.S. schools. U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona sent the "dear colleague" letter ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Council on School Health have issued an updated policy on corporal punishment, ...

Two Middle Tennessee educators are facing assault charges after paddling a student last month, shining new light on the controversial topic of corporal punishment. Jackson Patterson, 39, and Tena Lynn ...

Corporal punishment should be relegated to the past. The recent arrest of a high school principal who paddled a student for a disciplinary infraction shows it remains a stubborn part of Texas' present ...

JACKSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WSMV/Gray News) - Tennessee authorities have charged two elementary school employees after a student was allegedly paddled by a teacher. According to the Tennessee Bureau of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Re: "Corporal punishment is still a thing in Tennessee? Time to end it for our kids' sake," by David Plazas, Nov. 16. Many are ...