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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 conducted an experiment to see whether they could open their own private school, following earlier reporting showing how people with questionable backgrounds founded schools in barns, strip malls and similar locations. The investigation found the regulatory hurdles are strikingly low, raising fresh questions about oversight of private education in the United States.
Why now: The findings renew public concern about weak regulation and accountability in the private school sector.
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- 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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