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 ...

When children head to school each morning, they have a lot on their minds. They might be worried about whether there will be a pop quiz or if they'll be able to smooth things over with a friend. But, ...

George Gainer professes to be something of an expert in the matter of corporal punishment. "I got my butt beat about every 15 minutes coming up," he said. Gainer was raised in Jackson County, one of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "I would encourage board members to begin a dialogue — I brought a prop with me here — and that dialogue would be corporal ...

Especially a racist educational system where most teachers are white and female and school administrators and staff are allowed to punish children by hitting them with wooden paddles, and where ...

None — In North Carolina, it is illegal to hit an inmate, but every day in the state's public schools children are paddled. North Carolina is one of 19 states that still allow corporal punishment to ...

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. – George Gainer professes to be something of an expert in the matter of corporal punishment. "I got my butt beat about every 15 minutes coming up," he said. Gainer was raised ...

Nearly a half-century after the Supreme Court ruled that school spankings are permissible and not “cruel and unusual punishment,” many U.S. states allow physical punishment for students who have ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A school district in Missouri announced it will reinstate spanking this school year – but with a parental caveat. Cassville School School District superintendent Merlyn Johnson said ...

BARTOW — There is no spanking or paddling in Polk County Public Schools, nor in many private schools in the area. The “no corporal punishment” policy was officially adopted in PCPS in 2013, according ...