Civic Studies » Public Schools http://civicstudies.org An intellectual community of researchers and practitioners dedicated to building the emerging field of civic studies Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:57:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 KY’s Potential for Leadership in Educational Ethics: Calling for an End to Corporal Punishment in American Schools https://ericthomasweber.org/kys-potential-for-leadership-in-educational-ethics-calling-for-an-end-to-corporal-punishment-in-american-schools/ https://ericthomasweber.org/kys-potential-for-leadership-in-educational-ethics-calling-for-an-end-to-corporal-punishment-in-american-schools/#comments Fri, 21 Apr 2023 13:47:48 +0000 https://ericthomasweber.org/?p=2136 In the spring of 2023, the Ethics and Social Justice Center at Bellarmine University issued a call for proposals for their yearly Commonwealth Ethics Lecture. They invited scholars from around the state to propose a talk to be delivered for their 2023 lecture, considering approaches from all disciplines and with special interest in interdisciplinary dialogue […]

The post KY’s Potential for Leadership in Educational Ethics: Calling for an End to Corporal Punishment in American Schools first appeared on Eric Thomas Weber. Continue reading →]]> http://civicstudies.org/2023/04/21/kys-potential-for-leadership-in-educational-ethics-calling-for-an-end-to-corporal-punishment-in-american-schools/feed/ 0 The Nonsense of Beating Sense into Kids http://ericthomasweber.org/the-nonsense-of-beating-sense-into-kids/ http://ericthomasweber.org/the-nonsense-of-beating-sense-into-kids/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2015 12:30:47 +0000 http://ericthomasweber.org/?p=1045 The Prindle Post.. The start of another academic year is cause to reflect on the aims of education and the fact that 19 states in the U.S. still use corporal punishment in public schools. Many have yet to learn the counterproductive and harmful effects of disciplining kids with violence. Nowhere is the mistake more troubling than in our public […] Continue reading →]]> http://civicstudies.org/2015/10/13/the-nonsense-of-beating-sense-into-kids/feed/ 0 “Violence Taught When Corporal Punishment Used” http://ericthomasweber.org/violence-taught-when-corporal-punishment-used/ http://ericthomasweber.org/violence-taught-when-corporal-punishment-used/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2015 15:45:11 +0000 http://ericthomasweber.org/?p=967 Continue reading →]]> http://civicstudies.org/2015/09/16/violence-taught-when-corporal-punishment-used/feed/ 0