We’re Reporters, Not Teachers. We Were Able to Start Private Schools Anyway. by Jennifer Smith Richards, Jodi S. Cohen and Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica; Milo Strain, Arkansas Times; Henry Culvyhouse, Mountain State Spotlight; and Carli Brosseau, The Assembly October 2, 2026, 6:00 am

https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-private-schools-arkansas-west-virginia-north-carolina?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations&utm_content=river We’re Reporters, Not Teachers. We Were Able to Start Private Schools Anyway. 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? by Jennifer Smith Richards, Jodi S. Cohen and Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica; Milo Strain, Arkansas Times; Henry Culvyhouse, Mountain State Spotlight; and Carli Brosseau, The Assembly October 2, 2026, 6:00 am