Many of us who saw or read recent news reports about a Jackson high school basketball coach who whipped players with a weightlifting belt were shocked, but few of us should be surprised. Mississippi allows corporal punishment in its schools -- an outdated practice that needs to come to an end.
About half the states in the nation still allow paddling in schools, including every southern state except Virginia. While a few individual districts in Mississippi ban the punishment, it''s still prevale
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