Arkansas private school made pupils attack classmate, scrub floors

NEW: Despite multiple complaints — and videos — of physical abuse and mistreatment of students, Arkansas' Delta Institute continues to receive public funds. It is just one of hundreds of private schools taking state money with little oversight. w/ @arktimes.bsky.social

“You lie. You lie all the time,” the school owner said to the student. She then directed classmates to attack him. She gave one a high-five. This private school, funded with tax dollars, is among an explosion of private schools in the past 3 years. www.propublica.org/article/arks...

With a huge surge of public money, new private schools are opening fast - without meaningful oversight. Even this Arkansas school - where the founder hit a kid, urged other kids to do the same, and stayed involved in the school's administration from JAIL - is still supported by taxpayer dollars.

Let this sink in: At an Arkansas school, a boy was hit by the school’s founder and attacked by classmates in a group session the founder led, prompting her arrest. Despite a jail term for the school’s founder, Arkansas still sends it public funds. @jsmithrichards.bsky.social @jodiscohen.bsky.social

Kids forced to beat classmate and scrub floors at state-funded private school #RawStory

Make time to read this today: One of the few requirements for Arkansas private schools is that they have an American flag and a flagpole. But millions in state funds go to the largely unmonitored schools while complaints about safety and fraud have gone unanswered.

"That student entered the circle, looped his arm around the boy’s neck and choked him... Then other students took turns slapping, pinching and punching the boy... "The attack went on for nearly 40 minutes. At the end, [the teacher] made the boy apologize to his classmates for mistreating them."

“Most people don’t think you’re a nice kid," the owner of a Jonesboro private school told a boy before urging other students to take turns attacking him. She repeatedly thwacked him with a footlong plastic cylinder, calling him a liar. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

Horrific. Over the next few years, state voucher systems will need—and I believe will undergo—massive accountability reform. If you’re a private school getting a public check, the public should get to check on you. @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/arks...

This is where the Republican Party wants to take all red states www.rawstory.com/private-scho...

This Private School Had Students Scrub Floors and Attack a Fellow Classmate. Arkansas Still Funds It. / Reporting by @jsmithrichards.bsky.social @jodiscohen.bsky.social

My friends in Arkansas, find Mary “Tracy” Morrison and give her the deliverance which she's due, with great vengeance and furious anger... www.propublica.org/article/arks...

That student entered the circle, looped his arm around the boy’s neck and choked him. The teacher gave him a high-5. Then other students took turns slapping, pinching and punching the boy. The teacher picked up a plastic pipe and thwacked him over and over, calling him a liar.

Every private school that receives state vouchers should have: State certified teachers. Take state tests and receive state grades. Accept all students regardless of their disabilities, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation or religion. www.propublica.org/article/arks...

Private schools in “Arkansas” says it all — but the truth is there is a lack of private school oversight in just about every state. Time for reform and prosecute!!!