Two bills contained the bulk of education policy that passed through both legislative chambers, negotiated until the final hours of the scheduled regular session on Friday. Lawmakers couldn’t agree to ...

Did you see the video of a high school basketball coach whipping a player that went viral recently and spawned a mass of outraged viewers? Murrah High School’s Marlon Dorsey admitted to “paddling” his ...

In most states, that means missing about 18 days a year, regardless of whether the absences were excused. "Thousands of ...

March 16, 2012 — -- It is one of the most controversial methods of child discipline, but spanking in school-- usually with a wooden or fiberglass paddle -- is still allowed by law in 19 states.

Under a new law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis last week, Florida parents will now have to opt in to corporal punishment at the state’s public schools. The law requires parents to consent either at the ...

For Chicagoans of a certain vintage who attended Catholic schools in the distant past, this new law might sound like heresy: Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker earlier this month signed a ban on corporal ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — This school year, Illinois will become just the fifth state in the nation to prohibit corporal punishment in all schools. Legislation that Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law this ...