Arkansas Private School Accused of Student Abuse, State Funding Continues Amid Oversight Concerns

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16 July 2026 at 1:23 am

Arkansas Private School Accused of Student Abuse, State Funding Continues Amid Oversight Concerns

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A private school in Arkansas, The Delta Institute for the Developing Brain, is accused of allowing its owner, Mary "Tracy" Morrison, to orchestrate and participate in the physical abuse of a 13-year-old student, which was captured on video. Despite the incident and Morrison's lack of proper credentials, the school continues to receive state funding through Arkansas's Education Freedom Account program, highlighting a lack of oversight in the state's rapidly expanding private and microschool sector.

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