Though many may assume corporal punishment is a thing of the past in American schools, it's still a legal practice in a multitude of states and educational institutions, particularly in private ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The leader of a church-run school in Orlando was called into a fourth-grade classroom where more than a dozen children were ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Paddling students is legal in Tennessee public schools, but it’s led to criminal charges in Middle Tennessee. This case comes from Dodson Branch Elementary School. According ...

In 2018, a ground-breaking analysis of federal education data clearly established that Black students are disproportionately disciplined in public schools. Since then, researchers have documented the ...

Florida has changed how corporal punishment can be used in its public schools, requiring parents to give approval before the practice is administered. House Bill 1255, passed this spring, mandates ...

In some Florida schools, kids can be hit as a form of discipline. It's not new — the only difference is that now, effective July 1, districts employing the controversial practice will have to get ...

While Corporal punishment has been banned in most states in the U.S. since the mid-1990s, a number still allow it in schools, predominantly those in the Southeast. In some states, while inflicting ...