A substitute teacher filling in at South Ocala Elementary School has been fired from the Marion County Public School District ...

The students most at risk for corporal punishment include the most vulnerable groups, such as black students and those with disabilities. Millions of students across the country began a new grade this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Children's health experts have called for corporal punishment to be "abolished." So why is it still legal in many states? (Getty ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on April 23, 2025, permitting teachers to use physical force to discipline ...

Corporal punishment remains a widely used discipline technique in most American families, but it has also been a subject of controversy within the child development and psychological communities. In a ...

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Corporal punishment is viewed as more acceptable and effective when called spanking, according to a new study. Parents and nonparents alike judged identical acts of a child's misbehavior and the ...

The Supreme Court ruled that a West Bengal teacher's corporal punishment of minor girls does not amount to a POCSO offence.

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 ...