Specifically, training should be provided which addresses critical aspects (e.g. clear expectations established between teacher and child) associated with the use
of corporal punishment in school settings.
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Most people are unaware that it was the Humane Association that put fountains in town squares so horses could drink or that it helped
end corporal punishment in schools and stop child labor in America.
One of the consequences of the social loss of faith in prisons is the criminalization of punishment;
corporal punishment in schools and at home is still the source of much debate, but time - outs have triumphed over the paddle.
should we also, then, go back to «controlled»
corporal punishment in schools?
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has banned the use of
corporal punishment in schools but some institutions have maintained that they consider it as an indispensable tool in the enforcement of discipline.
According to the Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children, at least 106 countries do not prohibit the use of
corporal punishment in schools, 147 countries do not prohibit it within alternative care settings, and as yet only 16 countries have prohibited its use in the home.
The Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children reports that 102 countries have banned
corporal punishment in school, but enforcement is uneven.
A few weeks ago, Education Week released an analysis of federal civil rights data on the use of
corporal punishment in schools.
The American School Counselor Association «ASCA seeks the elimination of
corporal punishment in schools.»
The National Association of Secondary School Principals «believes that the practice of
corporal punishment in schools should be abolished and that principals should utilize alternative forms of discipline.»
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But in 19 states it's still legal to use
corporal punishment in schools.1 And since the late 1980s, zero - tolerance policies have resulted in thousands of students being excluded from schools, their right to an education stripped away for infractions sometimes as minor as chewing gum.
Globally the use of
corporal punishment in schools is increasingly prohibited in law, yet in many contexts its use continues, even where outlawed.