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 ...

Though many may assume corporal punishment is a thing of the past in American schools, it's still a legal practice in a multitude of states and educational institutions, particularly in private ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The leader of a church-run school in Orlando was called into a fourth-grade classroom where more than a dozen children were ...

Did you see the video of a high school basketball coach whipping a player that went viral recently and spawned a mass of outraged viewers? Murrah High School’s Marlon Dorsey admitted to “paddling” his ...

The school setting, which parents, caregivers and students hope to be one of safety, continues to evoke fear in many. With school shootings becoming more frequent each year, children have the added ...

In some Florida schools, kids can be hit as a form of discipline. It's not new — the only difference is that now, effective July 1, districts employing the controversial practice will have to get ...

Florida has changed how corporal punishment can be used in its public schools, requiring parents to give approval before the practice is administered. House Bill 1255, passed this spring, mandates ...

Re: "Corporal punishment is still a thing in Tennessee? Time to end it for our kids' sake," by David Plazas, Nov. 16. Many are shocked to learn that corporal punishment is still legal and widely ...

In 2018, a ground-breaking analysis of federal education data clearly established that Black students are disproportionately disciplined in public schools. Since then, researchers have documented the ...