An interim study has been approved to study the “effectiveness of properly administered corporal punishment.” The lawmaker behind the idea says he wants to ensure school districts in the state still ...

A Missouri school district recently announced that it will be instituting corporal punishment option for students, but parents must approve of the disciplinary action. The Cassville School District ...

A Missouri school district has authorized the use of corporal punishment as a "last resort" in order to discipline students. Cassville R-IV School District, located in southwest Missouri, issued a new ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Kentucky Board of Education approved a regulation Wednesday setting new safeguards on using corporal punishment in public schools. Four Kentucky school districts – Bell ...

State lawmakers are studying "the effectiveness of properly administered corporal punishment." The study, held Monday afternoon, was led by Representative Jim Olsen, who says he wants to ensure that ...

Oklahoma lawmakers discussed on Monday whether corporal punishment is an asset to school discipline, but a coalition of child advocates called for the state to ban public schools from inflicting ...

Missouri schools allow corporal punishment by parents. Yes, archaic, but I assure you that it does happen. In our state, at least 123 school districts allow it to be administered to students, if it is ...