For instance , the report said , `` Teachers may have overcrowded classrooms and lack resources such as counselors to assist with particularly disruptive students or classroom dynamics . '' Human Rights Watch , ACLU says spanking ` ` sexual violence '' Corporal punishment is used frequently in schools in 13 states ; it 's legal in one . Rights groups say such punishments are often disproportionately cruel . Evangelical leader 's group says spanking ` ` can be useful '' in elementary schools .
Human Rights Watch , ACLU says spanking ` ` sexual violence '' Corporal punishment is used frequently in schools in 13 states ; it 's legal in one . Rights groups say such punishments are often disproportionately cruel . Evangelical leader 's group says spanking ` ` can be useful '' in elementary schools .