Fifteen States Still Allow Corporal Punishment in Public Schools as a Texas Paddling Incident Reignites the National Debate

An NPR analysis published on August 19 found that 15 U.S. states still have laws permitting public school employees to use corporal punishment on students, and that nearly 32,000 reported instances of paddling, hitting, or other forms of physical discipline were recorded in the 2021-22 school year. The feature arrived the same week a Port …