Every day, approximately 600 students across the U.S. are physically punished at school — hit with wooden paddles or struck by objects by adults charged with their education and care. While corporal ...

Behavioral psychology says that punishment is an ineffective motivational tool, because its effects are only temporary. While punishment may suppress undesirable behavior temporarily, it fails to ...

Jadako Taylor, a 12-year-old from Akron, Ohio, died after experiencing cardiac arrest. Anthony McCants, 23, is accused of forcing Jadako to endure multiple ice baths as punishment. The disturbing, ...