1972 May 5

Groups Fight Corporal Punishment in Schools

 

A three-day conference on corporal punishment in schools that began on this day was a sign of growing public concern about the issue among parents and civil libertarians.

At this time, corporal punishment was legal in 48 states.

By 2014, it was legal in only 19  states. See a map of where corporal punishment is legal and illegal here.

Learn more about corporal punishment of children: https://www.aclu.org/human-rights/corporal-punishment-children

Learn more: Irwin Hyman and James Wise, Corporal Punishment in American Education: Readings in History, Practice and Alternatives (1979)

Read the 2016 Department of HHS report on the prevalence of corporal punishment in the schools here

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