▲ 27 ▼ Almost Anyone Can Start a Private School. We Put This to the Test. (www.propublica.org) submitted 1 month ago by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/investigativejournalism@sh.itjust.works 2 comments fedilink hide all child comments Reporting Highlights An Easy Process: In Arkansas, all it took to establish a school was filling out a form on a state website, $45 and the purchase of an American flag. No Qualifications Needed: Having no experience running a school — or even teaching — didn’t stand in the way of founding schools. Fewer Barriers: We discovered that opening microschools, which are proliferating nationwide, offer an even easier route. These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story.
▲ 14 ▼ Almost Anyone Can Start a Private School. We Put This to the Test. (www.propublica.org) submitted 1 month ago by Bean to c/arkansas comment fedilink hide all child comments 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?