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As of 2024, corporal punishment is still legal in private schools in every U.S. state except Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, New Jersey and New York, legal in public schools in 17 states, and practiced in 12 of the states. [citation needed].
Corporal punishment of minors in the United States, meaning the infliction of physical pain or discomfort by parents or other adult guardians, including in some cases school officials, [1] for purposes of punishing unacceptable attitude, is subject to varying legal limits, depending on the state.
[43] [2] In some other countries, corporal punishment is legal, but restricted (e.g. blows to the head are outlawed, implements may not be used, only children within a certain age range may be spanked). In all states of the United States and most African and Asian nations, corporal punishment by parents is legal.
Corporal punishment remains legal in many public and private schools in the United States and is disproportionately used among Black students and children with disabilities."
Incidents like the Florida case in which a school principal paddled a 6-year-old student still happen every day in classrooms across the country.
Many are shocked to learn that corporal punishment is still legal and widely practiced in U.S. schools, a reality that opinion columnist David Plazas details critically column following the arrest ...
Medieval schoolboy birched on the bare buttocks. Corporal punishment in the context of schools in the late 20th and early 21st centuries has been variously defined as: causing deliberate pain to a child in response to the child's undesired behavior and/or language, [12] "purposeful infliction of bodily pain or discomfort by an official in the educational system upon a student as a penalty for ...
Corporal punishment in schools might been acceptable in the 20th century, but it should no longer be allowed now. ... It’s a reminder that corporal punishment is still legal in Tennessee, but it ...