Boss, I would not be so sanguine as you are about the way cases of teacher assault are being handled. Liberal judges have ruled against districts that have tried to take meaningful disciplinary action against these kids, on the grounds that such action would violate the 'rights' of the 'students.'
When have 'liberal judges' said that beating teachings is a right of the student?
And in certain types of school districts, generally urban ones with large minority populations, teachers live in daily fear of assault by the students they are charged with teaching, students who in a healthy environment would actually respect their authority.
Of course. But, this is true of simply walking down a street in these neighborhoods also. Having a teacher hit his/her students really wouldn't accomplish anything here and would just rile up the student body even more. You think a strapping 17-year-old black wouldn't beat the living daylights out of a teacher if he was hit first?