Witnesses allege Arielle Everett forced her son to the ground and punched him. Everett says she fell while holding onto her son and attempted to slap him.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Paddling students is legal in Tennessee public schools, but it’s led to criminal charges in Middle Tennessee. This case comes from Dodson Branch Elementary School. According ...

Spanking or striking children in school, or corporal punishment, should be "abolished in all states by law," according to an updated policy statement by the Council on School Health and released ...

The measure was proposed in response to a New York Times investigation that revealed widespread use of such punishment in Hasidic Jewish private schools. By Brian M. Rosenthal and Eliza Shapiro New ...

Philadelphia, November 16, 2022 – Don’t spank your kids. That’s the conventional wisdom that has emerged from decades of research linking corporal punishment to a decline in adolescent health and ...

ALBANY — State lawmakers recently introduced a series of bills intended to curb the use of corporal punishment in New York schools after news reports revealed incidents of physical force being used ...

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 ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — In a startling discovery, 43 Oklahoma school districts used corporal punishment against students with disabilities during the 2021-2022 school year. News 4 requested data from ...

MONROE, Utah (KUTV) — Two parents in Sevier County are fighting for the release of a video of student punishment in the form of excessive exercise that allegedly happened inside South Sevier Middle ...

Alex Young’s push to end corporal punishment in Kentucky schools started with a mock bill he filed at a student-leadership event when he was in the 7th grade. That led to years of testimony and ...

Colorado would ban corporal punishment by schools and day care centers, if a bill proposed by two Democratic legislators becomes law. The state is one of 22 states that allows corporal punishment in ...