Child abuse cases quadruple when report cards are sent home on Fridays

[rangerrebew]

Child abuse cases quadruple when report cards are sent home on Fridays

Florida researchers offer schools a simple message: Send home report cards earlier in the week.
Derek Beres
15 January, 2019

    Researchers discovered a four-fold increase in verified cases of child abuse when report cards were sent home on Friday as compared to other days.

    Corporal punishment is legal throughout America, including in many public and most private schools.

    A child is hit, on average, every 30 seconds in American public schools.

https://bigthink.com/culture-religion/child-abuse-cases-soar-when-report-cards-are-sent-home-on-fridays

[jmyrlefuller]

It's almost as if teachers' actions have consequences. Who knew?

[RoosGirl]

It's almost as if teachers' actions have consequences. Who knew?

What does this have to do with the teachers?

[corbe]

   Some things obviously never change.