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August 13, 2009 | Posted At: 10:36 AM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: Teachers, Teaching, Unions

GRAPHIC: 20 States Still Allow School Beatings -- Still Eligible For RttT

0811-nat-subwebPUNISH Twenty states still allow corporal punishment, according to a study from Human Rights Watch that was covered in the NYT earlier this week. 

And kids with disabilities -- no surprise -- receive a disproportionate share of the physical punishment.

Getting rid of these policies is not, however, a condition of receiving RttT funding.

You can read the article here.


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the information furnished above is very interesting and very pity that students are getting very severe punishments.

Posted by: Spanish school in Spain | August 17, 2009 at 03:00 AM

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