In the 2006-2007 school year, 223,190 students were spanked or paddled in U.S. schools according to the Department of Education. Of that number, a disproportionate amount was made up of black students, students with mental or physical disabilities and other minorities.
 

Thought corporal punishment was dead? Then you probably live in the Northeast, West or other civilized part of the nation. Corporal punishment is still legal in 21 states but used most frequently in: Missouri, Kentucky, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee and Florida.
 

Oh, the South -- They really know how to take care of business.
 

But for some reason, human rights groups are getting all huffy about the punishments. CNN reports:

"Every public school needs effective methods of discipline, but beating kids teaches violence, and it doesn't stop bad behavior," wrote Alice Farmer, the author of a joint report from Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union. "Corporal punishment discourages learning, fails to deter future misbehavior and at times even provokes it."

So, moral of the story? Leave the spanking to the creepos who enjoy it.