When news broke recently that a 6-year-old student was beaten with a wooden paddle by her school principal in Florida, many people likely had to double check that it wasn’t a story from the 1950s. In ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Children's health experts have called for corporal punishment to be "abolished." So why is it still legal in many states? (Getty ...

After one Missouri school district brought back corporal punishment, some parents are opting in on the new policy as a number of students protest. Dakota Russell, 35, has two daughters, ages 8 and 6, ...

It might seem like something from another era, yet corporal punishment is still a common form of discipline in many families.

Presently, 19 states still allow corporal punishment. The United States Supreme Court decision in 1977 said that “corporal punishment was not cruel and unusual punishment and is, thus, allowed in ...

ALBANY — A bill to ban corporal punishment in all schools statewide became law this week with a signature from Gov. Kathy Hochul. The new law prohibits teachers, administrators, officers, employees or ...

Colorado could be on the brink of doing something nearly two dozen states have yet to do: outlaw corporal punishment in schools. “I thought this was already done. I did not realize this was still a ...

Does your school district or state permit the use of corporal punishment? Here are ten steps you can take against corporal punishment. 1. Write to your Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) and ask for a ...