The Private School Wild West: A License to Defy Regulation The growth of private schools in the United States has been a quietly sweeping phenomenon over the past decade.
Despite federal and state efforts to regulate these institutions, they've continued to attract taxpayer dollars with ease, often without adequate oversight or accountability.
ProPublica's recent investigation into this issue paints a disturbing picture of how some states are abdicating their responsibility to ensure that private schools meet even basic standards of student safety and academic achievement.