_Nearly a half-century after the Supreme Court ruled that school spankings are permissible[1] and not “cruel and unusual punishment”, many U.S. states allow physical punishment for students who have misbehaved.
_Today, over a third of the states[2] allow teachers to paddle or spank students. More than 100,000 students are paddled in U.S. schools each year[3].
Christina Erickson, an associate dean and professor of social work...