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Jennifer Smith Richards

Reporter · US

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Sep 14, 2026
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Jul 15, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Jennifer Smith Richards and Jennifer Berry Hawes for ProPublica

    Vouchers promise students with disabilities a path to private school. Parents say that’s not the reality. - Arkansas Times (opens the original)

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    It’s after 6 p.m. by the time Angela Johnson hurries home from work. Her 12-year-old daughter, Amelia, is at their house outside of Pensacola, Florida, with a nurse trained to care for medically fragile children. Amelia, who was born with a rare genetic anomaly, has endured many surgeries and requires a brain shunt and a feeding tube. The nurse starts caring for Amelia as soon as a bus from the public school drops her off. Johnson loves much about the school. But as a physical therapist, she als

  2. Article · Jul 24, 2026 · Jennifer Smith Richards

    How Videos Helped Me Uncover Abuse at an Arkansas Private School (opens the original)

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    The post How Videos Helped Me Uncover Abuse at an Arkansas Private School appeared first on ProPublica.

  3. Article · Jul 16, 2026 · Jennifer Smith Richards, Megan O'Matz, Mollie Simon and Jennifer Berry Hawes for ProPublica

    Public money is fueling an explosion of private schools. States often don’t care how they’re run. - Arkansas Times (opens the original)

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    Editor’s Note: This story is co-published with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive their biggest stories as soon as they’re published. A decade ago, the state of Florida stripped a teacher of her license for sexual abuse of a 16-year-old boy. Last year, she opened a private school there with ease. Her name and photo were on her new school’s website and details of her case were easy to find with an online search. The state also knew that a transp

  4. Article · Jul 16, 2026 · Jennifer Smith Richards, Megan O’Matz, Mollie Simon, and Jennifer Berry Hawes

    Barns, Go-Karts and Strip Malls: The Wild West of Private Schools That Collect Taxpayer Dollars (opens the original)

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    These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story. A decade ago, the state of Florida stripped a teacher of her license for sexual abuse of a 16-year-old boy. Last year, she opened a private school there with ease. Her name and photo were on her new school’s website and details of her case were easy to find with an online search. The state also knew that a transplanted Midwesterner had been fired from her Cincinnati charter school, following felony charges relat

  5. Article · Jul 15, 2026 · Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi S. Cohen

    This private school had students scrub floors and attack a fellow classmate. The state still funds it. - Arkansas Times (opens the original)

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    Editor’s note: This story, co-published by ProPublica and the Arkansas Times, contains descriptions and video of child maltreatment. At her private school just beyond the city limits of Jonesboro, Mary “Tracy” Morrison demanded the attention of the 19 students seated on the floor in a circle. She then directed a skinny 13-year-old boy wearing a cartoon Mario shirt to sit in the center. “Raise your hand if he’s ever been mean to you — ever,” Morrison, the owner, prompted the other middle schooler

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