Two Texas mothers set off a firestorm recently when they complained that a male assistant principal had severely paddled their daughters. One of the mothers pointed out that school policy required ...

Senate Bill 364 targeting corporal punishment for students with disabilities passed the House on Wednesday, and now heads to the Governors desk for consideration before it can be signed into law.

A high school principal in East Texas was arrested last week after paddling a student, causing her bodily injury and sparking national headlines that renewed the debate over whether corporal ...

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 ...

Two Middle Tennessee educators are facing assault charges after paddling a student last month, shining new light on the controversial topic of corporal punishment. Jackson Patterson, 39, and Tena Lynn ...

Tom Johnson is a Nashville-based delivery driver and vice president of Tennesseans for Nonviolent School Discipline. Re: "Corporal punishment is still a thing in Tennessee? Time to end it for our kids ...

Two Jackson County, Tennessee, educators were arrested on assault charges for allegedly paddling a child. Corporal punishment was not banned in their school, but authorities say they overstepped their ...

MONTICELLO, Ga. -- A mother of two is accusing school administrators of abusing her five-year-old son after they used a paddle to discipline him on Wednesday. Shana Marie Perez, posted video on her ...

A motion to reinstate corporal punishment in Rapides Parish schools failed after a survey of principals revealed more than 70% opposed it. The school board previously banned corporal punishment in ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — This school year, Illinois will become just the fifth state in the nation to prohibit corporal punishment in all schools. Legislation that Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law this ...