Corporal punishment is still legal in Texas schools. Let that sink in. Yes, corporal punishment still happens in Texas schools. Adults in school districts with corporal punishment policies can spank, ...

In Alabama, it's still legal for parents, and in some cases schools, to physically use corporal punishment. While many states have banned the practice in classrooms, Alabama law allows corporal ...

In 1977, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that corporal punishment against schoolchildren does not violate the Constitution. Justices ruled 5-4 in the Ingraham v. Wright decision that constitutional ...

It’s extremely embarrassing that we still allow our disabled children to be spanked, hit and paddled at school. No child should have to deal with that, but it’s truly terrible that we can’t even agree ...

Mehdi Yarrahi, a popular Iranian musician, was arrested in a 2023 crackdown after releasing a song that praised women who rejected the mandatory hijab rule. By Leily Nikounazar and Lynsey Chutel The ...

In 2025, it is unacceptable that we are still debating whether children with disabilities should be subjected to corporal punishment in Oklahoma schools. Senate Bill 364, which seeks to ban this ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics recently did something it shouldn’t have to do by renewing its call for schools to stop using corporal punishment as a form of discipline. Research has shown that ...

Georgia county schools reactivate corporal punishment for misbehaving kids. July 23, 2008 — -- It may be a declining practice in American schools, frowned upon by most child psychologists, but ...

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 ...

HEIDELBERG, Miss. (WDAM/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - A third grade student's arm was broken by corporal punishment from a school staff member, a paddling, that the child's mother gave permission for. The ...