Putting away the paddle? Legislators say parental input critical in school discipline as House bill seeks to ban corporal punishment
A bill making its way through the Mississippi House of Representatives potentially banning corporal punishment — which traditionally has entailed paddling children for certain school offenses, such as fighting — from public schools has area legislators thinking about when to involve parents in school discipline.
Education Secretary calls for end to paddling students
Education Secretary John B. King Jr. is urging governors and school leaders in states that allow student paddling to end a practice he said would be considered “criminal assault or battery” against an adult.
In some US schools, resistance to ending corporal punishment
Two licks with a wooden paddle in the principal’s office was the price 11-year-old Kaley Zacher, of Dexter, Georgia, paid for ignoring warnings about falling behind in her school work.
Corporal punishment declining
JACKSON — A report finds Mississippi students were physically punished, typically with a wooden paddle, 39,000 times during the 2011-12 school year. That punishment was
Report: Corporal punishment on decline at state schools
JACKSON — The use of corporal punishment appears to be declining at Mississippi public schools, according to a newspaper.
Scott Colom: Make sure whipping comes with a positive message
Nothing will get you laughed out of a barbershop quicker in Columbus than suggesting parents should think twice before beating their children. I discovered this several months ago when I tried this argument with my longtime barber, Bobby Jordan.
Mississippi should end corporal punishment
Many of us who saw or read recent news reports about a Jackson high school basketball coach who whipped players with a weightlifting belt were shocked, but few of us should be surprised. Mississippi allows corporal punishment in its schools — an outdated practice that needs to come to an end.