NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Corporal punishment is still legal in Tennessee schools. Usually, it’s performed with a paddle. “Corporal punishment has a time and place if it is administered properly, and ...

An April 15, 1999 file photo, shows Pedro Maldonado, 13, a 6th-grader with his mother Ruth Maldonado in front of Bowie Junior High, now Bowie Middle School, in Irving. Pedro was paddled three times by ...

The wooden paddle on principal David Nixon's desk is two feet long, with a handle wrapped in duct tape that has been worn down by age and use. He found it in a dusty cabinet in his predecessor's ...

MONTICELLO, Ga. -- A mother of two is accusing school administrators of abusing her five-year-old son after they used a paddle to discipline him on Wednesday. Shana Marie Perez, posted video on her ...

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JASPER COUNTY, Ga. (CBS12) — It is a controversial video that is difficult to watch and is making its rounds on social media. A Georgia mother recorded footage of school administrators allegedly ...

BRISTOL, Fla. (WMBB) — 19 Florida school districts still allow corporal punishment or paddling. A Liberty County High School senior is trying to put an end to the practice after it happened to her ...

TOLEDO, OH (WTOL) - Back in July, Governor Strickland signed a budget bill into law that included a ban on paddling. Ohio is one of 30 states that prohibits paddling in public schools. Some parents ...

A school district in Missouri is reportedly reinstating corporal punishment under a new policy, which will be used as a last resort and with permission from parents after many expressed a desire for ...

This article was originally published in Missouri Independent. Early on in his administrative career, longtime Missouri educator Chris Belcher had what he called the worst experience of his life. “The ...