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Corporal Punishment Still Pervasive in Southern Schools
A Scripps Howard study shows 1992 figures for U S public schools reveal widespread corporal punishment, with Texas leading at about 140,900 paddlings and the South accounting for roughly 92 percent of cases. The report notes higher rates in disadvantaged areas and among African American students, plus broader state policy trends and legal changes affecting use.
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Texas Education
Gary Reese
Austin
United States
Scripps Howard News Service
U.S. Department of Education
Census Bureau
South
Texas
Russia
People’s Republic of China
Reese
Texas Education Agency
Department of Education
Sharon Tuchman
Virginia
Alabama
Fob James
Kentucky
West Virginia
Murray Straus
University of New Hampshire
Straus
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Midwest
Mississippi
Tennessee
Arkansas
Missouri