Some schools use it routinely — and pressure parents to choose it over suspension

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This week, Hechinger’s Tara García Mathewson takes us deep inside a Mississippi school district ([link removed]) to look at an issue that dates back to the colonial period, and has been debated for nearly as long: corporal punishment. García Mathewson found that the practice perpetuates in part because some schools present it as an alternative to suspension – and parents, faced with the prospect of missed learning time and a scramble for child care, opt for the faster, physical discipline and a return to class.

Another longstanding debate we’ve been reporting on this year involves the value and quality of free pre-K, ([link removed]) a topic that’s getting renewed scrutiny after a Tennessee study found some state programs are of such low quality that some students do better without preschool. Columnist Jill Barshay takes a look at new research out of New York City, which expanded free pre-K to all four-year-olds in 2014. Turns out, low-income students are learning in classrooms that are of notably lower quality than those of high-income children.

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** ‘State-sanctioned violence:’ Inside one of the thousands of schools that still paddle students ([link removed])
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While corporal punishment has been stamped out across most of the U.S., some schools use it routinely — and pressure parents to choose it over suspension
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** PROOF POINTS: In two places, researchers find problems with expansion of free pre-K ([link removed])
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NYC study points to segregated classrooms with lower quality for poor Black students



** To recruit new hires, big employers team up with historically Black colleges ([link removed])
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Under pressure to diversify, companies are investing money and mentorship in HBCUs
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** Researchers looked at how early STEM stereotypes begin for kids. They found them every step of the way. ([link removed])
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By age 6, many children already believe boys are more interested than girls in STEM



** OPINION: We must do a better job of teaching Asian American history in our schools ([link removed])
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A lack of understanding leads to violence, isolation, fear and hatred



** OPINION: To recover from the pandemic, social-emotional learning is not a luxury, it’s a necessity ([link removed])
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We are facing a mental health crisis that’s hitting all communities very hard
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