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'''Jordan Riak''' (b. 1935, [[New Jersey]]) is a retired teacher and activist against [[corporal punishment]].<ref name=SILIVE>{{cite news| author=Peter Spencer |title=Spank your children and you'll end up in jailioofxghodghodgdgjsd9oghoewghsohgsyhglsgolshdoghsdogshgdkbdkhbdhgiodghodhgodhogddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddtttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttrttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttrttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttrtttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt<references/> |
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'''Jordan Riak''' (b. 1935, [[New Jersey]]) is a retired teacher and activist against [[corporal punishment]].<ref name=SILIVE>{{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 }}</ref> Riak runs [[Parents and Teachers Against Violence in Education]] and drafted the 1986 bill which banned corporal punishment from public schools in California.<ref name=SILIVE/> 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. <ref name=SFGATE>{{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}}</ref> |
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Jordan Riak (b. 1935, New Jersey) is a retired teacher and activist against corporal punishment.<ref name=SILIVE>{{cite news| author=Peter Spencer |title=Spank your children and you'll end up in jailioofxghodghodgdgjsd9oghoewghsohgsyhglsgolshdoghsdogshgdkbdkhbdhgiodghodhgodhogddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddtttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttrttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttrttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttrtttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
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