Saturday, September 30, 2006

Corporal Punishment

http://www.matthewyglesias.com/archives/2006/09/corporal_punishment/
[Matthew Yglesias] The New York Times writes about corporal punishment in American schools, legal in a broad swathe of red America, but in practice overwhelmingly taking place in Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama. Obviously, as a good upscale liberal my instincts are overhwelmingly opposed to this. In addition, my ex ante skepticism that Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama have together hit upon a useful public policy experiment ignored by the rest of the nation is extremely high.

More: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/30/education/30punish.html

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