N.Y. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy's proposal to ban corporal punishment in U.S. schools is now being considered by U. S. House Committee on Education and Labor of which Rep. McCarthy is a member. Please show your support for this important reform by adding your name to the petition promoted by www.thehittingstopshere.com. Click here, then scroll to"PETITION," and follow the instructions. 223,190 Kids Legally Beaten in US Schools, By Anthony Adams, The Huffington Post, May 5, 2010 Paddle & Shield, Tom Johnson's letter to the South Carolina Legislature, January 27, 2010 Title IX Complaint Against Paddling States, PTAVE, February 6, 2010 Title IX complaint alleges gender-based discrimination in TN paddling schools, October 14, 2009 PTAVE's letter to state board of education members in states that allow corporal punishment in schools, and their responses, June 4 - July 15, 2009 Teachers out of their element, By Jordan Riak, April 14, 2009 An Open Letter to Tennesseans about Abuse of Schoolchildren From Parents and Teachers Against Violence in Education, March 26, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Report on Physical Punishment in the United States, Elizabeth T. Gershoff, PhD / Phoenix Children’s Hospital, March 17, 2009 Being a parent is not a licence to hurt, By Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe, New Europe, (Issue : 823), March 1, 2009 Message to school board members in a district that allows paddling, By Jordan Riak, February 17, 2009 A Violent Education, a report by Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union, February 2009 (Large PDF file. Allow time for download.) ABUSE IN SCHOOLS: A letter to legislators in paddling states and to school board members in paddling districts In July of 2008, PTAVE began e-mailing this letter to legislators who sit on education committees in states that allow disciplinary beating of schoolchildren. (There are 21 such states in the U.S. as of July 2008) The e-mailing will continue until every such legislator has received the letter. Readers wishing to forward this page or copy and share its contents with others are invited to do so.   J.R. NORTH CAROLINA - Disarming the paddlers Volunteering A message from J. Riak, April 2010. The sticker business A message from J. Riak, Jan. 2008 Time to padlock paddle peddlers! A call for action from Susan Lawrence, September 25, 2007 Advice to a student who asks: "How can we protect ourselves from corporal punishment at school?" School Spanking Teacher demonstrates correct method Use Windows Media Player or equivalent. Reasonable and Moderate: Variations on a theme By Jordan Riak Over the GW Must-See Indy Film Exposes Cruel Teen Correction Programs Read review by Maia Szalavitz, July 7, 2007 Click here Ending legalized violence against children -- Global Report 2006, Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children (Large PDF file. Allow download time.) Click here