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 ...

On August 18, 2003, 10-year-old Tim L. started the fifth grade at his public elementary school in rural east Texas. On the fourth day of school, Tim refused to run in gym class because he did not have ...

While Corporal punishment has been banned in most states in the U.S. since the mid-1990s, a number still allow it in schools, predominantly those in the Southeast. In some states, while inflicting ...