Across much of small-town America during the 1970s, discipline was often measured not by detention slips or after-school meetings,...
There was a certain rhythm to American schools in those days—a rhythm of chalk dust, polished hardwood floors, the...
There was a time in many American schools when a wooden paddle was as much a part of the...
One afternoon, by pure chance, I witnessed an incident that has stayed with me ever since. From my hiding...
There was a time in small-town America when the school bell did more than mark the beginning and end...
The abolition of corporal punishment in schools remains one of the most controversial changes in modern education. While many...
For many years I have taken a keen interest in the history of discipline in English schools, particularly the...
Discussions about school discipline inevitably provoke strong opinions. Many people who attended school several decades ago remember a time...
Children are often described as life’s greatest blessing, yet raising them is also one of the greatest responsibilities any...
One of the questions that has long puzzled me is the argument against corporal punishment. I have read many...
The systems of school discipline that existed in Scotland and England during the mid-twentieth century reflected two distinctly different...
Throughout much of the twentieth century, the Scottish tawse, commonly referred to as the belt or the strap, formed...