WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—April 15, 2010. The House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities held a hearing today examining the role of corporal punishment in public schools and its effect on student achievement. The American Civil Liberties Union strongly opposes the use of physical discipline in public schools and, in conjunction with Human Rights Watch, submitted a statement to the subcommittee urging Congress to prohibit corporal punishment in public schools. Linda Pee, the mother of…
