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

“Most people don’t think you’re a nice kid," the owner of an Arkansas 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.

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...

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

This Private School Had Students Scrub Floors and Attack a Fellow Classmate. The State Still Funds It. 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

"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."

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

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!!!

MAGA in a nutshell. Violence against kids, ganging up, forcing them to attack a CHILD all while adults stood by. Huckleberry Hound's state. How is this normalized by the pro family, fetus loving nuts? WTF? Not Mamdani, not commies, not Antifa. 🤮😡 www.rawstory.com/private-scho...

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.

People who said "public schools cause group bullying" obviously meant *private* schools.