Saturday, March 23, 2013

The Center for Effective Discipline

The Center for Effective Discipline


Corporal Punishment in U.S. Public Schools2005-2006 School Year: data released March, 2008
In the 2005-2006 school year, 223,190 school children in the U.S. were subjected to physical punishment. This is a significant drop of almost 18%, continuing a steady trend from the early 1980's.
StateNumber of Students HitNumber of IDEA Students HitTotal Number of Students HitPercentage of Total Students
Alabama33,71638134,0974.6
Arkansas22,31426122,5754.7
Arizona16016<0.0
Colorado808<0.0
Florida7,1851187,303.3
Georgia18,24915518,4041.1
Idaho11120131.05
Indiana57736613.05
Kansas50454.01
Kentucky2,20912.210.3
Louisiana11,0801111,0911.7
Missouri5,159355,194.6
Mississippi38,1318338,2147.5
North Carolina2,705312,736.2
New Mexico70544749.2
Ohio6720672.04
Oklahoma14,82832515,1532.4
South Carolina1,409121,421.2
Tennessee14,8683314,9011.5
Texas49,1971,97351,1701.1
Wyoming0000

The 10 worst states, by percentage of students struck
by educators in the 2005-2006 school year:
RankStatePercentage
1Mississippi7.5
2Arkansas4.7
3Alabama4.5
4Oklahoma2.3
5Louisiana1.7
6Tennessee1.5
7Texas1.1
8Georgia1.1
9Missouri.6
10Florida.3
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