Arne Duncan, new Secretary of Education has Trouble at home

Obama called CEO of Chicago Public Schools, Arne Duncan, up from his hometown, so it's a given that there would be some kind of investigation associated with the new U.S. Secretary of Education.

Seems that CBS is looking into the corporal punishment practices at Chicago Public Schools. It appears to be sporadic, capricious, and not well regulated.

As you can see, I'm not entirely opposed to the "board of education" but there's at least some video evidence to accompany stories that corporal punishment has sometimes been inappropriate at the CPS.

Though the style of reporting and presentation from CBS, induces some skepticism there is probably merit to some of these stories. Trevion Martin one of the students complaining of excessive use of force from a teacher is quite the drama queen. That investigators find his story to be unsubstantiated is left to the very end of the article.

On the other hand, some of the paddling of athletes has been caught on security cameras, at the Simeon Career Academy. It is said to be a tradition there.