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Eric Thomas Weber

Dr. Eric Thomas Weber is associate professor of Public Policy Leadership at the University of Mississippi and author of Democracy and Leadership (2013), the forthcoming Uniting Mississippi (September 2015), and of A Culture of Justice, in progress. He is representing only his own point of view. Follow him on Twitter @erictweber or check out his website.
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Eric Thomas Weber
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19 Apr 2016

The Nonsense of Beating Sense into Kids: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools

This piece originally appeared on September 9, 2015. The start of another academic year is cause to reflect on the aims of education and the fact that 19 states in the U.S. still use corporal punishment in public schools. Many have yet to learn the counterproductive and harmful effects of disciplining kids with violence. Nowhere … Continue reading "The Nonsense of Beating Sense into Kids: Corporal Punishment in Public Schools"