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News Articles
Abusive Teachers and Administrators
| Date | State | Title | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/4/2007 | TN |
Loudon principal investigated in alleged paddling of 11-year-old SUMMARY: The child's grandmother said she took the boy to a Loudon pediatrician who made a medical report and took pictures of the child's bruises. |
Knoxville News-Sentinel |
| 9/25/2009 | MS |
School district sued over paddling SUMMARY: The guardian of a 6-year-old kindergartner is suing the Leflore County School District for $500,000 for repeatedly spanking a girl. |
Greenwood Commonwealth, Greenwood, Miss. |
| 6/26/2009 | TX |
Allen teacher faces child abuse charge |
Star Community Newspapers |
| 4/19/2009 | FL |
109 Years of Child Abuse at the Florida School for Boys SUMMARY: Numerous investigations by Judges, Senators, Governor Kirk, constant reports of beatings and brutality, it was no secret, yet nothing was done... |
The Saint Petersburg Times |
| 4/14/2009 | CA |
Sex offenders play on a child's need for affection SUMMARY: The four year old with an unexplained case of a sexually transmitted disease... |
The Reporter |
| 4/14/2009 | TN |
Poor practice persists SUMMARY: Anti-spanking activist Paula Flowe has been picketing Memphis Academy of Health... |
Memphis Commercial Appeal |
| 4/3/2009 | TX |
Texas Education Agency to investigate paddling incident SUMMARY: The Texas Education Agency will investigate the severe beating of a Lincoln High School student by a coach... |
Dallas Morning News |
| 5/19/2009 | TX |
Abuse in Schools Widespread, Report Finds
Exclusive:
GAO Says Misuse Of Restraints, Seclusion, Other Tactics Has Even Proven Fatal SUMMARY: A new federal study, released exclusively to CBS News, reveals hundreds of cases of abuse of students at the hands of school officials -- and even deaths. The report, done by the Government Accountability Office, finds incidents of abuse of restraints and seclusion, among other forms of mistreatment, in public and private schools alike, all across the country |
CBS Nancy Cordes |
| 3/17/2009 | TN |
Child Bruised From Teacher's Paddling SUMMARY: Teacher in Macon County has been suspended for a week after she paddled a girl so hard it left bruises... |
WSMV News |
| 12/3/2007 | TX |
Caddo Mills dad complains on teen's paddling SUMMARY: The TEA complaint alleges that Mr. McKamy repeatedly harassed Jay Walden before finally paddling him Nov. 7. The spanking left Jay's buttocks bruised and covered in welts. |
The Dallas Morning News |
| 1/12/2005 | TX |
Student sues charter school over paddling-related injuries Summary: Wilkinson summoned Serafin to the principal's office on June 18, restrained her with the help of two employees, and struck her repeatedly on her bottom, hip and leg. |
Express-News |
| 2/13/2009 | GA |
Investigation into School Spanking at Potter Street Elementary School. SUMMARY: The mother of a 9 year old student has filed complaints regarding her child's severe bruising after three spankings received during one day at school. |
Bainbridge News, GA |
| 11/05/2009 | MS |
3 On Your Side: Corporal punishment SUMMARY: JACKSON, MS (WLBT) - Earlier this year, an 11-year-old student in Greenwood, Mississippi sued the LeFlore County School District after suffering deep bruising, and possible kidney damage, from a severe paddling at school. |
WLBT News, MS Cheryl Lasseter |
| 11/07/2009 | SC |
S.C. teacher's aide accused of mistreating special needs students. SUMMARY: A teacher at A.C. Corcoran Elementary School saw the suspect holding a crying, 4-year-old autistic student by his bare feet. The teacher struck the bottom of his feet at least five times with a plastic ruler. |
The Herald, SC Andy Paras |
| 11/09/2009 | TN |
Child porn found on Henry Co. teacher's computer SUMMARY: A teacher in Henry County is behind bars after police said they found hundreds of pornographic images involving children on both his personal and school computers. |
WKRN.com |
| 11/13/2009 | WHP |
Boy battered in school with a softball bat SUMMARY: A TEACHER is facing manslaughter charges after he allegedly used a softball bat to bash a student, resulting in his death. |
The National.com |
| 11/14/2009 | TX |
Woman says boy bruised by paddle SUMMARY: A San Augustine woman said she is concerned about the paddling of her 7-year-old son at his elementary school that left him with bruises on his buttocks and tailbone so severe she had to take him to the local emergency room. |
The Daily Sentinel |
| 11/21/2009 | GA |
Parent says school took paddling too far SUMMARY: In the State of Georgia, paddling students is legal, but the implementation of a spanking policy is left up to each school district. But one Baxley parent says her son’s school took it too far. |
Maureen Downey WTOC |
| 12/03/2009 | AL |
Birmingham Student Beaten In Class SUMMARY: A Birmingham child was allegedly beaten for giving the wrong answers on a test. Sarah Blackmon says the teacher used a belt on her son after he missed six questions. The beating reportedly broke the skin. |
Yenu Wodajo ABC 33/40 |
| 12/14/2009 | GA |
HCHS substitute charged in paddling case SUMMARY: A substitute teacher at Henry County High School was arrested Friday after allegedly striking three students at the school with a paddle for no disciplinary reason. |
Dave Phillips Paris Post |
| 02/08/2010 | NM |
Mom upset with corporal punishment at son's New Mexico school |
KOB |
| 02/08/2010 | TX |
Local school principal, Christopher Borland, arrested for injuring child SUMMARY: The Bellmead Police Department arrested La Vega Elementary School Principal Christopher Borland Monday. He is charged with injury to a child, a third degree felony. |
KXXV-TV News Channel 25 |
| 03/23/2010 | IL |
Corporal Punishment Crackdown In Chicago Schools SUMMARY: 10-year-old victim Donald Shearrill, says a security guard at Charles Kozminski Elementary Community Academy hit him with a belt. |
CBS Chicago Dave Savini |
| 05/10/2010 | TX |
Teacher Fired Over Student Beating Video SUMMARY: A charter school has fired one of its teachers -- accused of beating up a student on video. |
Fox News (Texas) DAMALI KEITH |
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