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Obama administration calls for end to corporal punishment
“These types of severe discipline policies don’t work,” said Fatima Goss Graves, senior vice president for program at the National Women’s Law Center. “The consequences are severe in terms of academic performance and beyond.” Research shows that students who are punished physically actually exhibit more aggressive and defiant behavior, King argues in his letter.