In 1977, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that corporal punishment against school children does not violate the federal Constitution. Justices ruled 5-4 in the Ingraham v. Wright decision that ...

Senate Bill 364 targeting corporal punishment for students with disabilities passed the House on Wednesday, and now heads to the Governors desk for consideration before it can be signed into law.

U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona on Friday called on schools to stop using corporal punishment, citing the practice’s long-term effect on children’s physical and mental health, particularly ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — “Why don’t we engage? Why don’t we have even the public engagement? You know, I don’t see anything wrong with that.” That’s the question SPS board member Steve Makoski asked ...

A school district in Missouri is giving parents the option of allowing it to administer corporal punishment to their children. The Cassville R-IV School District, in southwest Missouri near the ...

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Though the method has fallen out of favor since the late 1970s, school corporal punishment as of six years ago was legal in 19 states, and over 160,000 children are subject to the punishment each year ...