WE ARE ARKANSANS AGAINST SCHOOL PADDLING AND

We're on a mission to protect the safety and dignity of every student in Arkansas.

67%
of Arkansas school districts endorse corporal punishment
– Arkansas Against School Paddling
91%
of schools in the 19 states that still permit corporal punishment have banned the practice
– U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights
96%

of schools in the United States prohibit corporal punishment

– National Center of Education Statistics
And we’re here for you and your children.

We are teachers, nurses, mothers, fathers—and above all, Arkansans.

Arkansans Against School Paddling is the official Arkansas State Chapter of the U.S. Alliance to End the Hitting of Children, a national non-profit organization. We work to engage school personnel, school board members, and state legislators in an effort to ban corporal punishment statewide.

We are a diverse team of passionate advocates with educational and medical expertise. We are teachers, nurses, mothers, fathers—and above all, Arkansans.

And we’re here for you and your children.

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15, 543

Statewide, Arkansan children were paddled for the 2017-2018 school year.

176

Arkansans school districts allow school paddling.

- Arkansans Against School Paddling

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How we're Making an Impact

Educate.

Through strong outreach and awareness campaigns.

Advocate.

Working to bring about change through legislation.

Repeat.

Sustained effort until our objectives are realized.

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