Re: "Corporal punishment is still a thing in Tennessee? Time to end it for our kids' sake," by David Plazas, Nov. 16. Many are shocked to learn that corporal punishment is still legal and widely ...

In Alabama, it's still legal for parents, and in some cases schools, to physically use corporal punishment. While many states have banned the practice in classrooms, Alabama law allows corporal ...

Witnesses allege Arielle Everett forced her son to the ground and punched him. Everett says she fell while holding onto her ...

March 16, 2012 — -- It is one of the most controversial methods of child discipline, but spanking in school-- usually with a wooden or fiberglass paddle -- is still allowed by law in 19 states.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — This school year, Illinois will become just the fifth state in the nation to prohibit corporal punishment in all schools. Legislation that Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law this ...

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 ...

While Corporal punishment has been banned in most states in the U.S. since the mid-1990s, a number still allow it in schools, predominantly those in the Southeast. In some states, while inflicting ...

W ASHINGTON ( DC News Now) – A second allegation of corporal punishment at a Southeast D.C. elementary school is under investigation, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and DC Public Schools ...