Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. COLLINS — At the beginning of every school year, April Johnson oversees the distribution of the Covington County School District ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Did you grow up in a school that allowed paddling? Maybe you knew someone who was hit in school – or maybe the idea of corporal punishment seems as antiquated as ink wells. This year marks the 20th ...

A Georgia mom said she regrets giving school administrators permission to physically punish her five-year-old son. She secretly recorded as the boy was held down and threatened with a wooden paddle at ...

A Florida elementary school principal who was caught on camera smacking a 6-year-old girl with a paddle did not commit a crime, according to officials. The State Attorney’s Office found that using a ...

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 ...

At Holmes County High School in Florida’s rural north, not only do naughty students get spanked, but the woodshop class makes the paddles, according to reports in the media. Eddie Dixon, the principal ...

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