Spanking in School

As the United States progresses both socially and politically, the traditional use of Corporal Punishment has lost its effectiveness and has seen a decline in acceptance across the nation. Despite the case of Ingraham v. Wright (1977), where The Supreme Court ruled Corporal Punishment is allowed by teachers, new, more effective, and less damaging disciplinary methods have since been created that sa...

Corporal punishment is still allowed in 22 states, which means that if students misbehave they can still be hit with a paddle or be subject to another form of physical discipline. The state that uses the most corporal punishment is Mississippi according to “Corporal Punishment in U.S. Public Schools: Prevalence, Disparities in Use, and Status in State Federal Policy.” Each year a reported 32,157...

Eighteen states in America continue to hold students under the threat that they could be physically beaten for simply misbehaving. The Supreme court’s decision to leave corporal punishment up to states was sparked by a a beating that left 14 year old, James Ingraham out of school for 10 days with serious bruising, which called for medical attention. Although corporal punishment in public schools ...

For a child, staying on track with school and social lives is challenging at any age. However, a child should not be worried about is physical punishment in school. For the nineteen primarily southern states schools, corporal punishment is another fear provided in a school system. Corporal punishment refers to physical pain and trauma for undesirable behavior from a student in school. Most wou...

Children, small human beings who are innocent to the big world surrounding them. Their average environment is typically filled with love, support, and nurturing and happiness. But that isn’t always the case for children, who are physically, sexually and verbally abused by their parents. These environments are extremely toxic and dangerous for the child to live under. Child abuse isn’t okay in any situation as...