Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This article was originally published in Missouri Independent. Early on in his administrative career, longtime Missouri educator ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. COLLINS — At the beginning of every school year, April Johnson oversees the distribution of the Covington County School District ...

A school district in Missouri is reportedly reinstating corporal punishment under a new policy, which will be used as a last resort and with permission from parents after many expressed a desire for ...

Holding a wooden paddle, Springfield school board member Steve Makoski urged a return to corporal punishment. "I would encourage board members to begin a dialogue — I brought a prop with me here — and ...

Catonsville author Tara Ebersole’s first foray into fiction writing drew her deep into researching corporal punishment in education. She was stunned to discover the practice is still legal in some ...

All seven candidates running for the Springfield school board, including three incumbents, say they actively oppose a return to corporal punishment. Only one candidate suggested the idea floated by ...