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 ...

COLLINS — At the beginning of every school year, April Johnson oversees the distribution of the Covington County School District student handbook. Tucked into the first half is a section titled ...

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 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 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Corporal punishment is still legal in Tennessee schools. Usually, it’s performed with a paddle. “Corporal punishment has a time and place if it is administered properly, and ...

A school in Georgia that takes disciplining their students "very seriously" has reportedly instilled a corporal punishment policy in which parents can consent to having their child hit with a paddle.

A local Florida sheriff has said he "saw no crime being committed" by the elementary school principal captured on video using a paddle to spank a 6-year-old girl allegedly for causing damage to a ...