Executive director Wu Li-fen acknowledges that the group has found itself at odds with schools and teachers on several occasions, but adds that corporal punishment remains one of the central issues within educational reform, as it concerns the fundamental human rights of pupils.
常因體罰議題挺身而出的人本教育基金會執行長吳麗芬表示，他們確實曾因體罰問題和學校、老師的關係幾度緊張，但檢驗教育改革的成效，其中一個指標就是體罰，因為這攸關學生的基本人權。