More than 4,000 American Public Schools Still Hit Their Students [PSMag.com]

Samantha Sangenito 8/25/164:15 AM

American kids in more than 4,000 public schools in 21 states were paddled, spanked, or otherwise physically punished at school during the 2013–14 school year, according to a newanalysis of the latest nationwide data by Education Week. About 109,000 students, ranging from kindergartners to high school seniors, experienced corporal punishment at school that year.

Overall, physical punishment at school is rare and declining in America. The United States has about 98,000 public elementary and secondary schools educating some 50 million students, which means just 0.02 percent of American public school kids were physically punished during the 2013–14 school year. While corporal punishment isn’t such a problem in its frequency, it’s the effects these beatings have that are alarming.

[For more of this story written by Francie Diep, go to https://psmag.com/more-than-4-...7874c888e#.onkknumc7]

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Edith GodinezMember

Corporal punishment in the education field is so WRONG! One does not know if the child suffers from abuse at home! I hope that something is done with this situation. I live in a small town where corporal punishment is not in our schools. When kids misbehave our teachers don't spank kids they send them to the principles office and form then on if there is a plan in place then its followed. Simple as that, make a plan and help that child.

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