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 ...

NEW ORLEANS - As a high-school student in the mid-1960s, Greg Aymond occasionally saw an angry teacher cuff a student. It never happened to him, nor does the memory of faculty discipline in those days ...

Cohen is the author of the new book Supreme Inequality: The Supreme Court's 50-Year Battle for a More Unjust America Two Texas mothers set off a firestorm recently when they complained that a male ...

~ The student's parent had filed a complaint alleging child abuse. A Scott City school administrator's paddling of a student on Nov. 11 followed school policy, Scott City school board members ...

After years of partnering together to lead the charge on this issue, we’re celebrating a big win for child advocates in Kentucky – the banning of corporal punishment in every school district in the ...

Illinois officially banned corporal punishment in schools. Gov. JB Pritzker signed the bill, making Illinois the fifth state to ban the practice, joining New Jersey, Iowa, Maryland and New York. The ...

On August 18, 2003, 10-year-old Tim L. started the fifth grade at his public elementary school in rural east Texas. On the fourth day of school, Tim refused to run in gym class because he did not have ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A bill has been filed that would ban corporal punishment in your child's school. Currently, Tennessee law states that "any teacher or school principal may use corporal punishment in a ...