SCHOOLS are to punish students by smacking them with a wooden paddle in a bid to improve discipline. The move by a town’s school authorities has come in response to demands by parents, school staff ...

The practice of striking students in public schools has been banned in most states, but some still use corporal punishment as a form of discipline. Corporal punishment uses physical force to cause a ...

Raleigh Johnson was dreading fifth period. He knew what was coming. Because of a failing grade in his Spanish class, Johnson readied himself to be on the receiving end of two swats from a nearly ...

Thirty-three swats with a wooden paddle for violating the dress code by wearing cuffed pants (a possible hiding place for cigarettes) in junior high. Being forced to bend over, naked, in front of ...

Students attending an east Georgia public charter school could be spanked with a wooden paddle if they misbehave. Georgia School for Innovation and the Classics, which houses kindergarten through 9th ...