District bans paddling after teacher dragged student by hair

GREENVILLE, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi Delta school district is banning corporal punishment after a scandal over a teacher who dragged a student by the hair.

The Greenville school board voted Tuesday to immediately forbid corporal punishment.

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