For each quotation, provide original sources only. 1. More than 106,000 children were physically punished at public

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1. More than 106,000 children were physically punished at public schools during the 2013-14 school year, the most recent year for which national data estimates are available, according to the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights. 2. In certain locations, especially some rural areas, many parents find it culturally acceptable and even preferable for a child to receive a few swats rather than a suspension. "The districts that still have corporal punishment are quite supportive of it and are convinced that it 'works' to change student behavior" despite the fact that "there is no research examining this question," said Elizabeth T. Gershoff, a professor of human development and family sciences at the University of Texas at Austin who has studied corporal punishment in public schools. 3. A recent Government Accountability Office report examining federal data from the 2013-14 school year found that black students, boys and disabled students are punished at greater rates than their peers. Black children, for example, were overrepresented by about 22 percentage points among students receiving corporal punishment. 4. "It's the hot potato that nobody wants to touch," said Anna Caudill, the executive director of Post Adoption Learning Services, a Tennessee-based organization that advocated passage of the bill protecting disabled students. 1. More than 106,000 children were physically punished at public schools during the 2013-14 school year, the most recent year for which national data estimates are available, according to the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights. 2. In certain locations, especially some rural areas, many parents find it culturally acceptable and even preferable for a child to receive a few swats rather than a suspension. "The districts that still have corporal punishment are quite supportive of it and are convinced that it 'works' to change student behavior" despite the fact that "there is no research examining this question," said Elizabeth T. Gershoff, a professor of human development and family sciences at the University of Texas at Austin who has studied corporal punishment in public schools. 3. A recent Government Accountability Office report examining federal data from the 2013-14 school year found that black students, boys and disabled students are punished at greater rates than their peers. Black children, for example, were overrepresented by about 22 percentage points among students receiving corporal punishment. 4. "It's the hot potato that nobody wants to touch," said Anna Caudill, the executive director of Post Adoption Learning Services, a Tennessee-based organization that advocated passage of the bill protecting disabled students.

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