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ProPublica Tests How Easily Anyone Can Open a Private School
Original: Almost Anyone Can Start a Private School. We Put This to the Test.
ProPublica journalists ran an experiment to see whether they could open their own private school, following earlier reporting that found people with questionable backgrounds had founded schools in barns, strip malls and other unlikely locations. The investigation suggests regulatory hurdles to launching private schools are strikingly low, raising questions about oversight and child safety.
Why now: New investigative reporting highlights weak regulation of private schools, a topic of ongoing public concern.
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Evidence
- Almost Anyone Can Start a Private School. We Put This to the Test. · ProPublica
Our reporting has shown how easily people — some with questionable backgrounds — have founded their own private schools in barns, strip malls and other places. That led us to an experiment: If the hurdles to open a school are so low, could we do it?
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