- Hitting someone is never right, By John Ostwald, The Record, July 29, 2012
- Presbyterian Church Rejects Spanking , By Ann Rodgers, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 5, 2012
- Parents of special needs students say school district covered up abuse —Court rules district knew about abuse, By Julie Peterson, CNN, Updated May 16, 2012
- Up to 7-yr jail for teachers who hit kids, By Chetan Chauhan, New Delhi — Hindustan Times, May 4, 2012
- 8,000 new instances of child sexual abuse alleged in Milwaukee Archdiocese, By David Ferguson, The Raw Story, February 10, 2012
- St. Aug board struggle is settled; paddling is banned, By Bruce Nolan, The Times-Picayune, December 23, 2011
- Meeting on Murrah High coach cancelled, By Ross Dellenger, Clarion Ledger, December 20, 2011
- Inhumane treatment: For falling ill, teacher thrashes student, By Muhammad Sadaqat, The Express Tribune, September 29, 2011
- Hard Discipline: A Grand Old Tradition at St. Augustine High School, New Orleans, PTAVE, June 14, 2011
- Vow on cane code, The Daily Telegraph, Calcutta, India, June 14, 2011
- School spanking comes under fire, By Britt Combs, SOURCE: www2.mcdowellnews.com, May 31, 2011
- Iowa Principal Spanks Students on Their Birthdays, Desmoines Register, May 26, 2011
- No spanking over parents' wishes, By Editorial Board, statesman.com, Texas, May 13, 2011
- In reversal, House OKs corporal punishment limits, By Associated Press, www.kltv.com, May 12, 2011
- Bill to curtail paddling of Texas students rejected, By Dave Montgomery, Star-Telegram, May 11, 2011
- EDITORIAL — Corporal Punishment Must Stop... for all our sakes, By Sir Frank Peters, New Age, Bangladesh, May 6, 2011
- EDITORIAL — Corporal punishment is unethical, By Shafiqul Alam, The Financial Express, Bangladesh, May 4, 2011
- Govt bans corporal punishment, Dhaka, Bangladesh, bdnews24.com, April 26, 2011
- An appeal to abolish corporal punishment, By Md. Kolil Ibrahim, The Financial Express, Dhaka, Bangladesh
April 20, 2011
- Independent Fundamental Baptist Deception
Exposing the abusive teachings of the Independent Fundamental Baptist Denomination, April 9, 2011
- Two letters to the editor re: "A Trip to These Principals May Mean a Paddling.", New York Times, April 7, 2011
- Thank You New Mexico For Banning Corporal Punishment in Schools, By Marc Ecko, Huffington Post, April 7, 2011
- Hon. George Miller Introduces Legislation to Protect Students in School from Harmful Abuse, April 6, 2011
- Martinez signs anti-paddling bill, By Milan Simonich, Santa Fe Bureau, Alamogordo Daily News, April 6, 2011
- Lufkin ISD reacts to paddling incident at Brookhollow Elementary, By Morgan Thomas, KTRE, April 5, 2011
- VIDEO: GOOD MORNING AMERICA/New Mexico Governor yet to sign Legislation to End School Paddling of Children/Rally April 5th
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/teachers-spank-school-punishment-1328536
- Violence does not teach,
By Algernon D'Ammassa, The Deming Headlight, April 4, 2011
- School child abuse, By Salon Premium Member: blwpyrtvx, open.salon.com, April 3, 2011
- Editorial: Spare the rod, please, By Walter Rubel, wrubel@lcsun-news.com, Sun-News, April 3, 2011
- Editorial: Would Jesus beat a kid?, Keith Magill, Executive Editor, DailyComet.com, March 26, 2011
- Editorial: Time to end corporal punishment, By John M. Crisp, Scripps Howard News Service, March 21, 2011
- FREE New Mexico's Children From the Paddle, An Open Letter to Governor Susana Martinez from Marc Ecko and the Unlimited Justice campaign, The Huffington Post, March 19, 2011
- Act Now to Protect Schoolchildren in New Mexico, Urgent message from Michael Goldfield
March 19, 2011
- Bill outlawing corporal punishment in NM public schools goes to governor,
By Milan Simonich, Santa Fe Bureau, El Paso Times, March 18, 2011
- Black Earth pastor, brother charged with child abuse for spanking kids with dowels, rods,
By Devin Rose, drose@madison.com, Wisconsin State Journal, March 18, 2011
- I-SS axes corporal punishment policy, By Chyna Broadnax, Record & Landmark, Statesville, North Carolina, February 15, 2011, 2011
- Teachers hitting kids? Yes,
By Valerie Strauss, Washington Post, February 14, 2011
- Corporal punishment claims boy's life; Karnataka government orders probe, sifynews.com, January 10, 2011
- Police: Child Abuse Disguised As 'Discipline', 4 Face Charges Of Child Abuse, FOX 5 News, December 2, 2010
- Corporal Punishment Complaint, Reported by Nina Criscuolo, Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc., November 24, 2010
- Student with bloody eyes will likely change schools, By Josh Green, jgreen@wfla.com
Tampa Bay Online - TBO.com, November 4, 2010
- A response to "Schools Average in Paddling", By Debra Stang, October 26, 2010
- Strict disciplinarian or something else? Headmaster faces jail for years of abusing students.
www.dailymail.co.uk, September 3, 2010
- INDIA: Banning corporal punishment in CBSE affilated schools, voiceofsikkim.com, August 30, 2010
- "I've treated the ugly bruises and lesions"
A letter from Dr. Ali Biswas MBBS, MD, Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangaldesh, to The Independent, August 15, 2010
- EDITORIAL – Ban on physical punishment in schools — Counselling and training of teachers may be necessary
The Daily Star, Bangladesh, August 11, 2010
- Teacher beats students with burning firewood, The Times of India, August 10, 2010
- Bangladesh bans corporal punishment in all schools, By Anbarasan Ethirajan, BBC News, Dhaka, August 9, 2010
- Corporal punishment,
By Sir Frank Peters, Letter to The Daily Star, Bangladesh, August 1, 2010
- Teacher Charged With Sex Assault, Accused of Spanking Student , NBCConneticut.com, July 30, 2010
- The Odds in Black and Blue: Corporal Punishment in US Schools, Posted By: Kate McGovern, www.bookofodds.com, July 27, 2010
- End of an inhuman practice, By Dr. Ali Ullah, The New Nation, Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 22, 2010
- Bangladesh court orders end to corporal punishment in schools, By Julhas Alam (CP), The Canadian Press, July 20, 2010
- Ban corporal punishment in all the schools, By Jennifer Hancock, Tampa Humanism & Freethought Examiner, July 18, 2010
- Former school bus driver/spanker to appear in court on molestation charge, By Tom McLaughlin, Daily News July 16, 2010
- Day Care Center Shut Down Over Spanking And Cursing, Metro Source News, July 7, 2010
- Court Rules for Teacher in Student Abuse Case, By Annie Youderian, Courthouse News Service, July 6, 2010
- Corporal punishment is a blot on Bangladeshi society, By Sir Frank Peters, The Independent, Bangladesh, July 4, 2010
- Ending Corporal Punishment Act —
An Important Step Since ‘Brown v. Board of Education’, By Stacey Patton, The Defenders Online - A Civil Rights Blog of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund web site, July 2, 2010
- La Martiniere bans corporal punishment after student's suicide,
The Times of India, June 18, 2010
- Football Coach Accused of Years of Player Abuse Is Back on the Field, FOXNews.com, Updated April 13, 2010
- Our Students Deserve Better,
Eileen Eady, Jackson Free Press, March 3, 2010
- Lawsuit Aims to Put End to Paddling as Punishment in Mississippi Schools, By Elizabeth Humphrey, www.parentdish.com, February 26, 2010
- Dad says teacher held girl's head underwater – Wants teacher fired, www.wapt.com, February 24, 2010
- Autistic child, age 6, facing felony assault charges following physical restraint, By Heather Sedlock, Special Needs Kids Examiner, February 24, 2010
- Godly discipline turned deadly — A controversial child "training" practice comes under fire -- this time from Christians themselves, By Lynn Harris, Salon.com, February 22, 2010
- Federal suit seeks ban on paddling in Miss.,
The Associated Press, The Clarion Ledger, February 22, 2010
- Still spanking?, By Adam McAlpin,
The Student Printz — The University of Southern Mississippi, October 27, 2009
- Putting away the paddle, Editorial, Toledo Blade, July 23, 2009
- Silent Victims, www.ktnv.com, July 21 & July 22, 2009
- Parents Outraged Over Teacher's Purportedly Excessive Discipline, Erik Runge, (News 4 WOAI), February 13, 2009
- Headmaster has denied charges that he abused five female students, Chippa Legodimo, AllAfrica.com, February 11, 2009
- Metro teacher suspended for taping child's mouth shut, By JAIME SARRIO, The Tennessean, February 11, 2009
- Boy Comes Home With Bruises After School Paddling,
Reporter: La'Tasha Givens, www.wctv.tv, February 11, 2009
- Trust is on trial in abuse case
By Tiffany Lankes, Herald-ribune.com, February 8, 2009
- Paddling ban would hit home
By COURTNEY ALBON,T-G Staff Writer, Ashland Times-Gazette.com, February 7, 2009
- Punished student dies, teacher faces jail, BBC, December 25, 2008
- The death of an 11-year-old pupil after being beaten by his teacher has thrown a light on the murky world of discipline in state schools, By Reem Leila, Al-Haram Weekly, November 12, 2008
- Teachers Face Axe Over Corporal Punishment,
By Fortunate Ahimbisibwe, New Vision (Kampala), November 12, 2008
- Student Athletes Report Corporal Punishment (Video & text), CBS 2, Chicago, September 24, 2008
- Bury the paddle -- Letter to The Fayetteville Observer, From Jordan Riak, September 4, 2008
- Against Corporal Punishment --Letter to Sequoyah County Times, From Peggy Dean, September 2, 2008
- Stop Physical Violence Against Children as a Form of Discipline in America's Public Schools, A Letter to President George W. Bush
From George and Julie Worley, August 26, 2008
- MULE DAYS: A letter to 60 Paddling Districts in NC,
By Peggy Dean, August 6, 2008
- Letter to Public Schools of Robeson County Board Members, From The Reverend Dr. Thomas E. Sagendorf, September 2, 2008
- The Sexual Factor, Letter to The Clarion-Ledger, By Jordan Riak, July 14, 2008
- Sparing the rod: JPS to bring back spanking?,The Clarion-Ledger, July 14, 2008
- Corporal punishment in schools: Is it good discipline or bad sex?,
By Jordan Riak, October 2008
- Paddlers' state of mind, By Jordan Riak, July 3, 2008
- Some Calif. Schools Locking Children In Closets,
Reporting: Anna Werner (CBS 5), cbs5.com, June 27, 2008
- Teacher accused of burning cross on student's arm, From Nkechi Nneji, CNN, June 21, 2008
- Boy suffocated during school punishment; Coroner's Report, Graeme Hamilton, National Post, with files from Canwest News Service, June 20, 2008
- Allegations of Abuse Plague Marengo County School Board,
By Mandi Williams, Blackbelt Gazette, June 17, 2008
- Kindergarten Cruelty: Not Child’s Play, Joanne Jacobs, mensnewsdaily.com, June 5, 2008
- Crockett students released,
Odessa American, May 15, 2008
- Student Alleges Abuse,
Kara Lee, CBS 7 News, May 14, 2008
- 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
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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
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- Violated schoolchildren: corporal punishment-induced trauma
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- 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."
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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
- 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
- Three Girls and Their Dolls, By Jordan Riak, November 2003
- 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
- Memories of my schooldays in Korea,
By I. S. Choi, December 10, 2000
- 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
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