Spanking or striking children in school, or corporal punishment, should be “abolished in all states by law,” according to an updated policy statement by the Council on School Health and released ...

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 ...

The leader of a church-run school in Orlando was called into a fourth-grade classroom where more than a dozen children were allegedly acting out, and spanked them. Orange-Osceola State Attorney Andrew ...

Legislation recently approved by the Illinois House of Representatives prohibiting the use of corporal punishment in private schools would have little effect in the suburbs since the majority of ...

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 ...

Kayla Brady's son was in fifth grade when his elementary school principal smacked him with a paddle for, as she put it, "not minding the teacher." The incident left bright red marks on the boy's ...

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 ...

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on April 23, 2025, permitting teachers to use physical force to discipline students. Trump's order rolls back guidance from previous Democratic ...

ALBANY — State lawmakers recently introduced a series of bills intended to curb the use of corporal punishment in New York schools after news reports revealed incidents of physical force being used ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Public school buses are parked in Springfield, Ill., on Jan. 7, 2015. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — This school year, Illinois will become ...

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 ...