Abuse and Corporal Punishment in Schools

120 Years of American Education: A Statistical Portrait

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Hi Mike,

Here’s a first go at finding some articles and books to get you started:

Middleton, Jacob. "The Experience of Corporal Punishment in Schools, 1890-1940." History of Education, vol. 37, no. 2, 01 Mar. 2008, pp. 253-275.

Newman, Joan, et al. Crime and Punishment in the Schooling Process: A Historical Analysis. 01 Feb. 1978.

Finkelstein, Barbara. Governing the Young : Teacher Behavior in Popular Primary Schools in Nineteenth-Century United States. New York, Falmer Press, 1989.

Altenbaugh, Richard J. The Teacher's Voice : A Social History of Teaching in Twentieth-Century America. London, Falmer Press, 1991.

A search for “discipline” in History of Education

You might also want to try contacting the archivists who maintain the Boston School History Collection for the city. There’s afinding aid and information about the collection here: http://archives.cityofboston.gov/repositories/2/resources/164

Hope this helps –let me know if I can help with anything more specific,

Dragan

Dragan Gill, MLIS

Assistant Professor

Reference Librarian
James P. Adams Library

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