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Corporal Punishment is Still Legal in 19 State Public School Systems

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Corporal punishment is still legal in 19 states out of 51 (adding DC)! The 19 states are basically the Confederacy (minus Virginia) plus Indiana, Missouri, Kentucky, Colorado, Kansas, Idaho, Oklahoma, Wyoming, and Arizona. Texas law defines  permissible corporal punishment as, “…the deliberate infliction of physical pain by hitting, paddling, spanking, slapping, or any other physical …

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Bullying is a Spectator Sport – What You Can Do

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Bullies often enjoy the attention that pushing someone around gives them from bystanders, who may be willing aggressors-by-proxy, or just scared they’ll draw the next short straw, and the attention of the bully. It may not take a seven-nation army to stop the cycle and convince the bully to find another form of entertainment, or …

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Podcast Episode 001 – Lord of the Flies Invades Little House on the Prairie

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Academic education and bullying have been working hand in hand for centuries to educate young people in the western world. Lord of the Flies is a famous book about society and civilization that has been required reading for English or Social Studies for generations.  Mankato was the “Big Town” that the Wilders in the Little …

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