‘State-sanctioned violence:’ Inside one of the thousands of schools that still paddles students
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 6, 2022
. — At the beginning of every school year, April Johnson oversees distribution of the Covington County School District student handbook. Tucked into the first half of the handbook is a section titled “Corporal Punishment.”. In some ways, the school presents an odd case as Covington County’s leading paddler.
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