Until the late 1980s, it was common for students to be spanked when they misbehaved in school. This controversial method of discipline is known as corporal punishment. Corporal punishment is when a ...

Junior enlisted soldiers will soon have to pin on the rank of corporal before they can become sergeants, according to an Army news release. Corporals are formally recognized as noncommissioned ...

Robbinsville High School sits in a small gap in the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina. Green slopes dotted with cattle hug in around the school before they rise into a thick cover of pine trees. David ...

Presently, 19 states still allow corporal punishment. The United States Supreme Court decision in 1977 said that “corporal punishment was not cruel and unusual punishment and is, thus, allowed in ...

"All of the work, none of the pay." For those who aren't familiar with the Army rank structure, there are three directions an Army specialist can go in terms of rank change. They can be demoted to ...

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Four years ago on Wednesday, Jessica Serafin was paddled by her San Antonio charter school principal for breaking a school rule. Serafin was just a few days past her 18th birthday, making her an adult ...

The noncommissioned officers' corps is known as the "backbone of the Army." To be an NCO is a time-honored position that indicates that a Soldier is ready to take on the responsibility of training and ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Joseph Baronio, BTN Reporter: Is it okay to smack a child? It's a question that carries a lot of weight ...

A new trove of federal civil rights data has, for the first time, captured a snapshot of the controversial practice of corporal punishment of preschoolers in the nation’s public schools. Nineteen ...

At present The Bahamas is not prepared to ban corporal punishment in schools even though many of the developed countries of the world have outlawed physical discipline in private and public schools.