• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• American Academy of Family Physicians
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• American Counseling Association
• American of School Administrators
• American Bar Association
• American Civil Liberties Union
• American Humane Association
• American Humanist Association
• American Medical Association
• American Orthopsychiatric Association
• American Psychiatric Association
• American Psychological Association
• American Public Health Association
• American School Counselor Association
• Association for Childhood Education International
• Association of Junior Leagues
• Council for Exceptional Children
• Defense for Children International
• Friends Committee on Legislation
• International Society for the Study of Dissociation
• National Association for State Departments of Education
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
• National Association for the Education of Young Children
• National Association of Elementary School Principals
• National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
• National Association of School Nurses
• National Association of School Psychologists
• National Association of Social Workers
• National Association for State Boards of Education
• National Council of Teachers of English
• National Education Association
• National Foster Parents Association
• National Indian Education Association
• National Mental Health Association
• National Organization for Women
• National Parent Teachers Association
• National Women's Political Caucus
• Prevent Child Abuse America
• Society for Adolescent Medicine
• Unitarian Universalist General Assembly
• United Methodist Church General Assembly
• U.S. Department of Defense: Office of Dependents Schools Overseas

News organizations that have published editorials condemning corporal punishment in schools:

• Akron Beacon Journal
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution
• Celina Daily Standard
• Charleston Gazette
• Chillicothe Gazette
• Cincinnati Enquirer
• Cincinnati Post
• Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Dallas Morning News
• Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
• Hartford Courant
• Houston Post
• Huntsville Times
• Indianapolis Star
• Inverness Chronicle
• Jackson Times
• Marietta Journal
• Middletown Journal
• Minneapolis Star Tribune
• Nashville Tennessean
• Newark Advocate
• Pittsburg Post-Gazette
• San Antonio Light
• St. Croix Valley Press
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• St. Paul Pioneer Press Dispatch
• Stuart News
• Tulsa World
• USA Today
• Washington Post
• Wheeling Intelligencer