North Carolinians have long recognized that children are one of our state’s most valuable resources and their success is our success. Investing in the health, safety, education and financial security of our children are among the most important duties of our society. As the recession continues to stress North Carolinians, it is critical that policymakers focus on preserving services for children and families.
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Since the requirement to allow parents to opt out of corporal punishment was passed last summer, 30 LEAs have banned corporal punishment!
Leah Devlin, DDS, MPH, Gillings Visiting Professor of health policy and management at UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, has been elected to serve a two-year term on the Action for Children North Carolina board of directors.
Action for Children North Carolina is a leading statewide, nonpartisan, nonprofit policy research and advocacy organization dedicated to ensuring that North Carolina children are healthy, safe, well-educated and have every opportunity for success.
Raleigh, N.C. --Action for Children North Carolina sent a letter on November 8 to the members of the State Board of Education asking that the Board take a position on the administration of corporal punishment in the public schools. "We have received no response", said Tom Vitaglione, a senior fellow with the advocacy organization, "and can only hope that the Board will put the issue on the agenda of its upcoming meeting".
RALEIGH — A Raleigh-based advocacy group is calling on the North Carolina State Board of Education to develop a state recommendation on corporal punishment in public schools, in hopes that all local districts across the state will ban the practice of teachers or administrators hitting students as a form of discipline.
