Marci Hamilton, founder and CEO of CHILD USA, advocates in USA Today for the urgent cause of banning corporal punishment in public schools. She begins by citing a shocking incident in Florida where a 6-year-old student was beaten by her school principal with a wooden paddle. Despite seeming like a...
This blog was written on March 11, 2024 by AJ Ortiz, CHILD USA Social Science Director CHILD USA is partnering with Virginia Commonwealth University on a CDC-sponsored research project regarding sexual abuse in schools. Working together with the nation’s leading expert on abuse in schools, Dr....
Torah Bontrager was born and raised traditional Amish and escaped at age 15. In 2018, she founded The Amish Heritage Foundation, which is a nonprofit committed to empowering Amish women and children through education past the 8th grade and fostering public awareness about the crises hidden in...
This blogpost was written for CHILD USA by Amanda Lorentson, a survivor of educational neglect. Despite the immense obstacles in her path, Amanda went on to attend an Ivy League law school and is currently an attorney for Kline & Specter, a prestigious law firm in Philadelphia. With this blog...