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Supreme Court seems open to religious charter schools The case is from Oklahoma, which like 45 other states, has laws that say charter schools must be public schools funded by the state, closely ...
WASHINGTON − A divided Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the creation of the nation's first religious charter school, a major loss for those advocating a greater role for religion in public life ...
While free to all students, St. Isidore argued that charter schools aren’t public schools because private contractors create and run them. Students also aren’t assigned to charter schools like they ...
Oklahoma charter schools, none of them religious, serve about 7.2 percent of the state’s public school pupils. They are operated by private entities. In 2022, the Supreme Court held that Maine ...
The U.S. Supreme Court made a very wise decision recently, one that offers both relief and opportunities for Minnesotans. On a 4-4 vote, the Supreme Court left in place an ...
The Oklahoma Supreme Court had barred a proposed Catholic charter school, St. Isidore, reasoning that it qualified as a state actor. St. Isidore argued it was more akin to a private contractor ...
A survey shows over half of American adults support chaplains in public schools, with Republicans more likely than Democrats ...
The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that Maryland parents who have religious objections can pull their children from public school lessons using LGBTQ storybooks.