Wednesday, November 28, 2012

21st Century Schooling & Corporal Punishment in Public Schools


Yes... we still hit kids in American Public Schools..

Corporal Punishment in Public Schools, by State-2008
The following table lists the states allowing corporal punishment in schools according to state name and the number of students hit.
States Allowing Corporal Punishment
State
Number of
students hit
Percent of
total students
Alabama
33,716
4.5%
Arizona
16
(1)
Arkansas
22,314
4.7
Colorado
8
(1)
Florida
7,185
0.3
Georgia
18,249
1.1
Idaho
111
0.4
Indiana
577
0.5
Kansas
50
.01
Kentucky
2,209
0.3
Louisiana
11,080
1.7
Mississippi
38,131
7.5
Missouri
5,159
0.6
New Mexico
705
0.2
North Carolina
2,705
0.2
Ohio
672
0.04
Oklahoma
14,828
2.3
South Carolina
1,409
0.2
Tennessee
14,868
1.5
Texas
49,197
1.1
U.S. total
223,190
0.46
NOTES: Figures are from 2008.
1. Less than 0.1%
Source: The Center for Effective Discipline, Columbus, Ohio. www.stophitting.com


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