corporal punishment
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But, he adds, there is a "spectrum" of schools, with some incorporating psychotherapy for students and training for parents, or disciplining staff who carry out corporal punishment.
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025
Robert Docter, an L.A. school board member in the 1970s who successfully pushed to end corporal punishment and who sacrificed his political career trying to integrate campuses through busing, has died at 97.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025
That includes by rehiring all women teachers, reforming the curriculum in line with international human rights standards and ending corporal punishment.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
Only three states fully ban corporal punishment at both public and private schools; 25 make it illegal in public schools, but allow private school teachers to use physical force as punishment for students.
From Slate ● Sep. 12, 2023
From En-gland and Europe, the United States had inherited a system of mainly corporal punishment for crimes.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
