US schools paddle roughly 160,000 students annually with Black students struck twice as often
Evidence
The most comprehensive current statistical analysis of school corporal punishment in the United States, documenting approximately 160,000 annual incidents, racial disparities (Black students paddled at twice the rate of white students controlling for behavior), disability disparities, and the state-by-state legal status. The standard empirical reference for the post-Ingraham statistical picture. — , The Rod and the Child, 11232
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Black students are paddled at twice the rate of white students. — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 9441
Related
- Black students are paddled at twice the rate of white students. (similarity 0.94)
- US students are paddled for behaviors that are direct symptoms of their disabilities (similarity 0.83)
- US schools may paddle because the Eighth Amendment does not apply (similarity 0.79)
- Racial disparity in school punishment is structural and not explained by behavior or poverty (similarity 0.78)
- Corporal punishment is the world’s most prevalent violence against any population group (similarity 0.78)