A jury on Thursday acquitted Marty Small Sr. of all four crimes he was charged with, including aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of his teenage daughter. By Tracey Tully Mehdi Yarrahi, a ...

It’s extremely embarrassing that we still allow our disabled children to be spanked, hit and paddled at school. No child should have to deal with that, but it’s truly terrible that we can’t even agree ...

Kameisha Smith says going to school in Mississippi was sometimes quite literally painful. Like that one day in fourth grade. "I had to lay over a teacher's lap and was beaten with a paddle because we ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every day, approximately 600 students across the U.S. are physically punished at school — hit with wooden paddles or struck by ...

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

Is corporal punishment still allowed in South Carolina public schools? Here’s what state law says. Getty Images South Carolina is one of the few states in the nation that still allows corporal ...

Did you experience corporal punishment as a child? Forty years ago only one country had banned it. Now there are 62. Why? Because we know the long-term negative effects for kids, families, and society ...

Corporal punishment is still legal in Texas schools. Let that sink in. Yes, corporal punishment still happens in Texas schools. Adults in school districts with corporal punishment policies can spank, ...

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 ...