ABUSE IN SCHOOLS IS OUT! A check list of abusive treatment of schoolchildren and advice to parents HTML version PDF version

PADDLING STATES Where the beating of schoolchildren is practiced and condoned Top ten pupil-battering states in the U.S. Look at these batting averages. See who's in the Education Hall of Shame. 1997-98 School Year 1996-97 School Year

"...Schools are often perceived by parents as bearers of cultural norms concerning proper child rearing practices and discipline. Hence, when schools and other child care settings employ practices not conducive to optimal child development, e.g., corporal punishment and other demeaning and threatening, negative disciplinary measures, they convey a subtle message to parents, namely that such measures are appropriate, as they are sanctioned by education authorities and 'experts'..." From "Violence Against Children," by David G. Gill, Professor of Social Policy, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts.

A Letter to School Boards in Paddling Districts

NORTH CAROLINA - Disarming the paddlers

Advice to a student who asks: "How can we protect ourselves from corporal punishment at school?" September 2007

Correlation between high rates of corporal punishment in public schools and social pathologies

Forced exercise as punishment

Toxic schools of Texas By Jordan Riak, 2000

      

FOUR AMERICAN EDUCATORS WITH THEIR TOOLS OF THE TRADE
QUESTION: Who, other than schoolteachers, smacks people on the buttocks as part of their paid professional duties?
ANSWER: Click here.

A model letter to lawmakers, policymakers and others in positions of responsibility and influence in regions that permit corporal punishment of schoolchildren to

ARE PADDLING SCHOOLS SANCTUARIES FOR SEXUAL PREDATORS? A letter from PTAVE to education department heads in paddling states and their responses

CAN YOU IDENTIFY THIS TEACHER?

SCHOOL UNIFORMS: Discipline of Abuse?

A DOCTOR'S BAD MEDICINE, By Patrick Briody, April 2007

TIME FOR A FEDERAL LAWSUIT OVER PADDLER PROTECTION ACTS? Letter to PTAVE from Jeff Charles, February 13, 2007

Teacher suspended following allegation, By Mark Locklear,The Robsonian, April 10, 2008 DiPalma: Teacher/sex offender sentenced, Jefferson County, Colorado, April 4, 2008 Shame on Arkansas, Guest Editorial, By Jordan Riak, Arkansas Times, April 3, 2008 Police: Teacher Told Class to Hit Tardy Student, FOX News, March 31, 2008 Up the down stairs -- and up again and again At Shirley schools, a new punishment has some parents howling. Arkansas Times, March 6, 2008 Spanking Kids Causes Sexual Problems, By MedHeadlines, February 29, 2008 TN principal under investigation for paddling injury, WBIR.COM, February 29, 2008 Spanking Kids Increases Risk of Sexual Problems as Adults, New Research Shows, By Murray Straus, University of New Hampshire, February 28, 2008 Spanking may lead to sexual deviancy in years of maturity, Front page / Science, SOURCE: http://english.pravda.ru/news/, February 28, 2008 The whip, the paddle, the hickory switch, Presentation, Feb. 23, 2008, Black History Month Celebration, San Mateo Public Library, by Jordan Riak Dangerous Product Injures Children: Consumer Product Safety Commission looks at child safety with one eye shut, Parents and Teachers Against Violence in Education, August 2007 WARNING - These images may be deeply disturbing to some viewers. Do not open this page if children are present. The worst of all bad habits (If this or any other PDF page fails to open due to a pop-up blocker on your system, hold down the "Ctrl" button and click the link again.) Photographs of schoolchildren's paddling-related injuries and an open letter to educators and education policymakers in paddling districts WARNING - These images may be deeply disturbing to some viewers. Do not open this page if children are present. Violated schoolchildren: corporal punishment-induced trauma WARNING - These images may be deeply disturbing to some viewers. Do not open this page if children are present. To paddle or not to paddle? That's the question before state lawmakers., MyFOXCleveland.com, January 29, 2008 Camp Teacher Admits Spanking Boy's Bare Buttocks, TheDenverChannel.com, January 28, 2008 Graduate of a school for troubled teens describes dangerous "therapy." Ohio Governor Ted Strickland supports paddling ban -- Introduction of legislation to outlaw corporal punishment in schools brings issue into spotlight., By William Hershey, Staff Writer, Dayton Daily News, December 11, 2007 Hidden from View - Few fired for physical abuse; Severe sanctions for educators more likely in sexual cases, By Jill Riepenhoff and Jennifer Smith Richards, The Columbus Dispatch, November 18, 2007 INDIA - Policy against corporal punishment planned, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, November 18, 2007 Corporal punishment: Blatant violation of human dignity, By Pranita Mishra, Kantipur Publications Pvt. Ltd. , November 16, 2007 INDIA: Student Succumbs To Teacher’s Blows -- A fourteen-year-old student who battled for his life for the last two weeks has succumbed to corporal punishment., medindia.net, November 7, 2007 Admitting abuse but free to teach; Oregon education - Criminal convictions for admitted sexual misconduct are hit and miss Amy Hsuan, Melissa Navas and Bill Graves, The Oregonian, October 21, 2007 Legal loopholes keep some teacher misconduct records secret, By Juliet Williams, The Associated Press, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, October 20, 2007 Sexual misconduct plagues U.S. schools; AP finds 2,500 teachers punished in 5 years, By Martha Irvine and Robert Tanner, The Associated Press, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, October 20, 2007 125 Wash. teachers punished for sexual misconduct over 5 years, By Donna Gordon Blankinship,The Associated Press, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, October 20, 2007 Principal Admits Spanking Preschooler; State Attorney To Decide Whether To Press Charges, News4jax.com, September 6, 2007 Abuse, neglect appear widespread in Texas schools for retarded, By Emily Ramshaw and Amy Rosen, Dallas Morning News, July 23, 2007 Mississippi Sued Over Alleged Abuse at Girls Detention Center, FOXNews.com, July 12, 2007 Most districts still use paddle, By Rebecca Helmes, Jackson Clarion-Ledger, July 8, 2007 Back to the Past?, By Adam Lynch, Jacksonfreepress.com, July 3, 2007 Spanking a child is an act of violence, By Nina Adel, Robertson County Times - TN, June 28, 2007 Second Grader Stripped Naked, Spanked in Front of Classmates; School Principal calls it "a family matter", By Jane Watrel, WRC/NBC News Channel, February 28, 2007 Aunt's Whipping of Boy in Class Investigated, By Nelson Hernandez, Washington Post Staff Writer, Washington Post, February 27, 2007 Spanker protection bill dies in Senate, By Dion Lefler, Eagle Topeka bureau, Wichita Eagle, February 20, 2007 Texas looks at banning spanking in schools By Ramon Bracamontes, El Paso Times, February 16, 2007 Just another Mississippi school paddling, Reported to PTAVE, January 21, 2007 NYCLU Calls On State Regents To Reject Regulations Permitting Schools To Use Noxious Stimuli To Punish Students With Disabilities, By NYCLU, January 8, 2007 KANSAS: Proposal would give immunity to schools that spank, By Dion Lefler, The Wichita Eagle, January 6, 2007 Stop paddling students; Lawmakers should ban corporal punishment statewide, EDITORIAL: The Charlotte Observer, January 4, 2007 Union County, N.C. Weighs Pupil-Beating, A letter from PTAVE to local area education policymakers and media, December 31, 2006 Taiwan bans corporal punishment in schools; moves toward being an advanced, nurturing society, EDITORIAL, Taiwan Journal We Weren't Unbeatable -- An Open Letter to a Disciplinarian, By Spike, (Undated) Paddling and Gender, By David Hill, January 2, 2007 2006 School Corporal Punishment Report Card, By Robert E. Fathman, Ph.D., President, National Coalition to Abolish Corporal Punishment in Schools, December 15, 2006 Letter to writer John Balch of the Nashville Leader about the Murfreesboro school paddling incident, By Barbara Neff, November 22, 2006 Parents file complaint over swats By Donna Hales, Phoenix Staff Writer , The Muskogee Phoenix, November 14, 2006 Authorities investigating school discipline incident, By John Balch, Leader staff, Nashville Leader, November 8, 2006 Atty. J. Robert Sheppard, Jr.'s Letter to the Members of the Union County Board of Education, October 30, 2006 Ban Corporal Punishment North Carolina Why doesn't the law work to protect my child at school?, By Yvette Smith, Antioch, California, August 2005 School of Last Resort, By Maria Eftimiades, PEOPLE, October 23, 2006 Teacher accused of abusing autistic child, By Jennifer Brevorka, Staff Writer, The News-Observer, May 17, 2006 Parents: Teacher crossed the line with discipline -- Police report filed over alleged stomping incident, By Monica Chen, The Herald, October 3, 2006 The children lose a friend, keep a screamer, A letter to PTAVE from a teacher, May 13, 2006 DeSoto Parish School System is Unsafe for Children, June 5, 2005 One Toxic Middle School in Mississippi, Letter from a Substitute Teacher to Project NoSpank, March 22, 2005 Sue Nunn's letter to each member of the Pennsylvania House Education Committee and a response from Rep. Paul I. Clymer, February 2005 Illustration published by the Anti-slavery Office, Boston 1845 Letter from a mom and a reply, September 29, 2004 My son needs help!, By Robin Currin, mother of Brandon March 29, 2004 The Turning Point, A letter to PTAVE from Bruce M., March 24, 2004 Teacher’s pets, By Khary Kimani Turner, Metro Times staff writer, Metro Times, February 18, 2004 Why I am home schooling the rest of this year, By Sydney Banks (Age 12), September 24, 2003 Serial child abuser finds easy prey in classrooms - Children's safeguards are scant to nonexistent, By Barbara Neff, June 8, 2003 Lucifer's Brothers - A Memoir, By Casey, April 25, 2003 In Defense of an Educator Accused of Child Abuse, By Jordan Riak, April 2003 Dorothy Neddermeyer's comments about "In Defense of an Educator Accused of Child Abuse" and Riak's response Spanking is sexual harassment, A letter to PTAVE from Richard C., April 19, 2003 A letter from Angela in Mississippi, April 18, 2003 Problems at a Christian(?) school, A letter from Ruth D., April 2003 CHADD Expresses Outrage Over Abuse 7-Year-Old Experiences at Hands of Teacher, Statement by Evelyn Polk Green, M.S.Ed, CHADD President, April 4, 2003 Letter from Jordan Riak to California Assembly Member Lois Wolk, March 31, 2003 School Justice: Punish the Victim, A letter from a mother to PTAVE, February 11, 2003 Abuse in the classroom -- A letter from Jordan Riak to all members of the California state legislature, January 2003. Why physical punishment in schools is a bad idea, By Justin Wyllie, October 2002 Who are the real bullies?, By Elizabeth Pfeiffer January 2003. Yes ... spare the rod; Early educator rejected corporal punishment, By Robert D. Ilisevich, The Meadville Tribune, April 12, 2005 Bullied ... by the teacher?, By Kathleen M. Heins, Better Homes & Gardens: "Raising Kids", September 2003, Sheri B. writes to PTAVE, January 12, 2003. Are you a bully? By Linda Starr, from Education World, February 4, 2003 Editorial: Molesters for export -- It's elementary: Schools shouldn't 'pass the trash' , Post-Gazette.com, November 7, 1999 Dirty Secrets: Why sexually abusive teachers aren't stopped , First of a three-part series by Jane Elizabeth Zemel and Steve Twedt, Post-Gazette, October 31, 1999 Part Two Flawed system aids bad teachers Part Three State education officials want legislators' help to end sexual abuse The Boom Boom Method, B Lisa Gray, Houston Press, April 24, 1997. Rape: Lesson No. 1, Anon., August 1997 Corporal Punishment and Child Abuse -- Why do we continue to sanction child abuse in the classroom?, By Dr. Frederick C. Green, November/December 1988, "The Humanist" Shelly S. Gaspersohn: Testimony of to the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice, October 17, 1984 Don't Inflict My Pain on Others Good Old-Fashioned Discipline

	Top ten paddling states 1. Mississippi 2. Arkansas 3. Alabama 4. Tennessee 5. Oklahoma 6. Louisiana 7. Texas 8. Georgia 9. Missouri 10. New Mexico SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, 2000 Elementary and Secondary School Civil Rights Compliance Report.
	Top ten lynching states 1. Mississippi 2. Georgia 3. Texas 4. Louisiana 5. Alabama 6. Florida 7. Arkansas 8. Tennessee 9. South Carolina 10. Kentucky SOURCE: The Charles Chesnutt Digital Archive