Retiring the Paddle: Local School Boards Wipe Out Corporal Punishment in Urban Texas

Phillips,Stephanie; Fossey,Richard

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Retiring the Paddle: Local School Boards Wipe Out Corporal Punishment in Urban Texas

by Stephanie Phillips & Richard Fossey - April 05, 2012

All urban school districts in Texas now ban corporal punishment. A majority of Texas school children attend schools where corporal punishment is prohibited.

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Stephanie Phillips Wichita Falls High School E-mail Author STEPHANIE PHILLIPS is the curriculum director at Wichita Falls High School in Wichita Falls, Texas. Richard Fossey University of North Texas E-mail Author RICHARD FOSSEY is professor and Mike Moses Endowed Chair in Educational Administration at the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas.

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