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Washington Examiner
July 20, 2017
However, the 1977 Supreme Court case Ingraham v. Wright established that spanking does not infringe upon student's Eighth Amendment rights protecting against "cruel and unusual punishment," or their 14th Amendment due process rights. The most recent data from the Department of Education foundÃâà...
Washington Examiner
July 20, 2017
However, the 1977 Supreme Court case Ingraham v. Wright established that spanking does not infringe upon student's Eighth Amendment rights protecting against "cruel and unusual punishment," or their 14th Amendment due process rights. The most recent data from the Department of Education foundÃâà...
ProCon.org
April 20, 2017
[22] [23] There is no federal ban or law regulating corporal punishment, but the practice is prohibited in the federal Head Start program. [4] In 1977, the US Supreme Court decision in Ingraham v. Wright found that corporal punishment was not cruel and unusual punishment and is, thus, allowed in schools.
Roanoke Times
January 24, 2017
In 1977, the Supreme Court ruling in Ingraham V. Wright held that the Eight Amendment clause prohibiting “cruel and unusual punishments” did not apply to school students, and that teachers could punish children without parental permission. However, Virginia banned the use of corporal punishment inÃâà...
HowStuffWorks NOW
January 18, 2017
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld states' rights to administer corporal punishment in 1977's Ingraham v. Wright. Parents of a Florida eighth grader, James Ingraham, filed the suit. Two adults restrained Ingraham while the principal hit him with a paddle 20 times. Even though Ingraham needed medicalÃâà...
Romper
November 23, 2016
Another 31 states nationally have banned the practice of spanking students in schools, despite the 1977 Supreme Court ruling of Ingraham v. Wright, that found spanking in schools does not violate a child's rights. Some urban school districts like Houston, Memphis, and Atlanta still allow the practice ofÃâà...
TES News
November 15, 2016
In 1977, the U.S. Supreme Court legitimized the use of corporal punishment in schools by deciding that the practice did not qualify as “cruel and unusual punishment.” Despite the ruling in Ingraham v. Wright, corporal punishment – the use of physical force (usually paddling) on a student intended to correctÃâà...
WTVY, Dothan
September 12, 2016
DOTHAN, AL (WTVY) There's numerous ways students are disciplined in school such as suspensions, a call home, or even a paddling. According the U.S. Department of Education, in the 2013-2014 school year, of all the students paddled in public schools across the nation, Alabama ranks 3rd in highestÃâà...
Black Agenda Report
September 6, 2016
Case law was set nearly 40 years ago, with the 1977 case Ingraham v. Wright . The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against Florida students who argued that corporal punishment violated their rights to due process under the 14th Amendment as well as their Eighth Amendment protections against cruel and unusualÃâà...
Seeker
August 24, 2016
There has been no federal precedent on corporal punishment in schools since 1977 in the case of Ingraham v. Wright where is was concluded that school officials may discipline students at their discretion when on campus. States have control over whether they allow physical punishment in schools, butÃâà...
NBCNews.com
April 15, 2016
A teacher's right to smack a kid is protected by the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled in 1977's Ingraham v. Wright that physical discipline in public schools didn't violate the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment or its due process protections. In that case, the court cited America's long traditionÃâà...
Education Week News (blog)
March 27, 2014
It ruled unanimously that it was bound by the U.S. Supreme Court's 1977 decision in Ingraham v. Wright, which upheld the constitutionality of corporal punishment in schools. The case involves Trey Clayton, a student at Independence High School in the Tate County, Miss., school district. (The schoolÃâà...
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