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Education Commission of the States, 2021
This data point highlights state policy permitting or prohibiting the use of corporal punishment. Corporal punishment is permitted in at least 18 states, is prohibited in at least 27 states and the District of Columbia, and at least five states did not specify their policy in statute or regulation. Of the minimum 18 states where it is permitted,…
Descriptors: State Policy, Discipline Policy, Punishment, Violence
Civil Rights Project - Proyecto Derechos Civiles, 2019
During the 2013-14 school year, more than 600 students were struck in public schools each day in the United States. It's a practice that is still allowed in thousands of public schools even though it's generally prohibited in daycare centers, foster care systems and a host of other settings for children. While corporal punishment is illegal in a…
Descriptors: Punishment, Public Schools, Geographic Regions, Legal Responsibility
Tiwari, Ashwini – Educational Studies, 2019
This study examines Indian teachers' perceptions of corporal punishment (CP), the reasons why CP still persists despite a ban, and the ways in which CP controversy reflects on social climate of the schools. Drawing from literature on custodial views of pupil control and systems theories, this qualitative study primarily uses observations and…
Descriptors: Punishment, Discipline Policy, Teacher Attitudes, Classroom Techniques
Gagnon, Joseph Calvin; Gurel, Sungur; Barber, Brian R. – Behavioral Disorders, 2017
The purpose of this study was to identify statewide trends in school approaches to student discipline and examine the associations between punitive discipline practices and student, school, and local education agency (LEA) characteristics. In addition, we compared punitive disciplinary practices for schools and LEAs that do and do not allow…
Descriptors: School Districts, Punishment, Student Characteristics, Comparative Analysis
Atli, Abdullah; Sad, Süleyman N.; Özer, Niyazi – Research in Pedagogy, 2022
This exploratory mixed method research aimed to develop parent and child forms of a scale to measure parents' practices to reward and punish their children. For the qualitative strand, semi-structured interviews were conducted with parents (n = 54) and their children (n = 39). The qualitative analysis revealed four major themes regarding parental…
Descriptors: Parents, Children, Punishment, Rewards
Ivery, Donna; Endicott, Michael A. – Journal of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, 2018
The following will discuss school violence and address the relationship among students with special needs. Further research is needed on the effects of violence among special needs student populations. Efforts require observation and concrete data in order to understand how to address the increase in violence if we are to create safer schools.…
Descriptors: Violence, Students with Disabilities, Educational Environment, Weapons
Bishop, Sarah; Craven, Morgan; Galer, Deanna; Wilson, Terrence; Duggins-Clay, Paige – Equity Assistance Center Region II, Intercultural Development Research Association, 2022
Schools should be spaces where students feel safe and welcome, actively engage with learning, and strive for success. Discipline policies and practices should reinforce these values, particularly safety and belonging. Unfortunately, ineffective discipline practices that punish students harshly and take them away from the classroom -- like…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Discipline, Zero Tolerance Policy, Nontraditional Education
Katsiyannis, Antonis; Losinski, Mickey; Whitford, Denise K.; Counts, Jennifer – NASSP Bulletin, 2017
The use of aversives as a method for behavioral intervention in U.S. public schools has been a persistent concern and often subject to litigation, particularly among students with disabilities. The use of aversives (restraint, seclusion, and corporal punishment) have been supported in some cases due to their perceived necessity to keep children…
Descriptors: Negative Reinforcement, Special Education, Disabilities, Principals
Phillips, Stephanie – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation examined the student discipline policies of 1,025 Texas school districts, as well as data from the Texas Education Agency's Academic Excellence Indicator System in order to identify demographic patterns regarding corporal punishment policies in Texas schools. The study also studied the relationship between a district's corporal…
Descriptors: Punishment, Discipline Policy, School Districts, Demography
Moyo, George; Khewu, Noncedo P. D.; Bayaga, Anass – South African Journal of Education, 2014
The aim of the study was to determine the consistency prevailing between the disciplinary practices in the schools and the principles of the Alternatives-to-Corporal Punishment strategy. The three main research questions that guided the study were to determine (1) How much variance of offences can be explained by disciplinary measures of…
Descriptors: Punishment, Administrative Principles, Administrative Policy, Functional Behavioral Assessment
Widmalm, Sten – Journal of Peace Education, 2020
What goes on within educational institutions can be pivotal for whether and how democracy and political tolerance are nurtured, and peaceful relations between groups encouraged. Several studies oriented to the content of curricula have shown that education in India must be reformed if it is to promote inter-ethnic peace, political tolerance and…
Descriptors: Peace, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Democracy
McDaniel, Thomas R. – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2020
In the age of litigation, teachers have a responsibility to protect students in their care from injury, to act as a reasonably prudent teacher would act to prevent loss or damage to their students, and to exercise sound judgement and authority over students, to correct misbehavior and to provide for their orderly instruction. Whenever a teacher is…
Descriptors: Punishment, Legal Responsibility, Behavior Problems, Teacher Behavior
Opartkiattikul, Watinee; Arthur-Kelly, Michael; Dempsey, Ian – International Journal of Whole Schooling, 2014
A commitment to maximizing learning outcomes for all students is an axiom of most educational systems around the world. However this goal is sometimes compromised by factors that can be complex and difficult to address. Student behavior problems are one of the major issues challenging educators in many countries including Thailand. Recently, laws…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Behavior Modification
Kinnard, Karren Q; Rust, James O. – Tennessee Education, 1981
Responses of 101 Tennessee school superintendents indicate: all allow and use corporal punishment; 57 keep records of corporal punishment usage; corporal punishment is considered effective in many cases; the community is seen as supportive of corporal punishment; and the paddle appears to be the most popular method of corporal punishment. (NEC)
Descriptors: Community Support, Corporal Punishment, Discipline, Discipline Policy
Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield. – 1983
This report is a 1983 update on corporal punishment prepared for the Illinois State Board of Education. It gives a historical perspective and reviews the practices in selected states and metropolitan districts. Corporal punishment is allowed in 46 states; 4 states prohibit it. Among large school districts in metropolitan areas there is a tendency…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Child Abuse, Community Support, Corporal Punishment