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 ...

Especially a racist educational system where most teachers are white and female and school administrators and staff are allowed to punish children by hitting them with wooden paddles, and where ...

Did you grow up in a school that allowed paddling? Maybe you knew someone who was hit in school – or maybe the idea of corporal punishment seems as antiquated as ink wells. This year marks the 20th ...

A Missouri school district recently announced that it will be instituting corporal punishment option for students, but parents must approve of the disciplinary action. The Cassville School District ...

A charter school in Georgia sent out consent forms to parents informing them about a corporal punishment that would allow the school to paddle students. Jody Boulineau, superintendent of Georgia ...

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A school in Hephzibah, Georgia, is drawing national attention after sending consent forms to parents informing them of a new policy of using paddling as a form of punishment for students, CBS ...