This article was originally published in Missouri Independent. Early on in his administrative career, longtime Missouri educator Chris Belcher had what he called the worst experience of his life. “The ...

A school district in Missouri is reportedly reinstating corporal punishment under a new policy, which will be used as a last resort and with permission from parents after many expressed a desire for ...

Holding a wooden paddle, Springfield school board member Steve Makoski urged a return to corporal punishment. "I would encourage board members to begin a dialogue — I brought a prop with me here — and ...

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The practice of striking students in public schools has been banned in most states, but some still use corporal punishment as a form of discipline. Corporal punishment uses physical force to cause a ...

Last week, the Georgia School for Innovation and the Classics sent students home with a form that caused some to balk. The charter kindergarten through ninth grade Christian school asked parents to ...

MONTICELLO, GA -- A 5-year-old was paddled by administrators at his school and his mother says she thought she had no choice but to let it happen. Thomas faced his punishment on Wednesday at Jasper ...

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 ...