Corporal Punishment of Schoolchildren: The Problem and the Cure, March 21, 2011
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