Did you grow up in a school that allowed paddling? Maybe you knew someone who was hit in school – or maybe the idea of corporal punishment seems as antiquated as ink wells. This year marks the 20th ...

When we were cleaning through my grandfather’s meticulously kept workshop after his death in 2011, there was the expected: Rows of tools in perfect condition, hung on the pegboard above his workbench; ...

An April 15, 1999 file photo, shows Pedro Maldonado, 13, a 6th-grader with his mother Ruth Maldonado in front of Bowie Junior High, now Bowie Middle School, in Irving. Pedro was paddled three times by ...

Raleigh Johnson was dreading fifth period. He knew what was coming. Because of a failing grade in his Spanish class, Johnson readied himself to be on the receiving end of two swats from a nearly ...

Re: Bring Back the Paddle opinion: How refreshing to hear someone speak in defense of paddling. Everywhere we look the so-called experts belittle paddling for worry over the chance of abuse. I ...

DICKSON: Corporal punishment is unconstitutional. The Arkansas chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is looking into allegations that a juvenile probation officer in Forrest City has been ...