Jordan Riak

Jordan Riak (b. 1935, New Jersey) is a retired teacher and activist against corporal punishment.cite news| author=Peter Spencer |title=Spank your children and you'll end up in jail |url=http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/03/spank_your_children_and_youll.html |publisher= Staten Island Advance|date=2008-03-08 |accessdate=2008-03-18 ] Riak runs Parents and Teachers Against Violence in Education and drafted the 1986 bill which banned corporal punishment from public schools in California. Riak began working against corporal punishment when he was residing with his children in Sydney, Australia and he was appalled to find out that corporal punishment was practiced in the Australian school system. cite news |author=Stephanie Salter |title=The movement to make child abuse official |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/examiner/article.cgi?year=1996&month=01&day=14&article=EDITORIAL2072.dtl |publisher=San Francisco Chronicle |date=1996-01-14 |accessdate=2008-03-18]

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