Preston Green III – The Conversation

The Supreme Court building is seen on April 30, 2025, in Washington, D.C. AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein

May 23, 2025

Split Supreme Court blocks Oklahoma’s Catholic charter school − but future cases could hinge on whether charters are, at their core, public or private

Preston Green III, University of Connecticut and Suzanne Eckes, University of Wisconsin-Madison

The Supreme Court’s order has blocked this particular charter school, but similar issues could emerge in future cases.

The court’s ruling could affect more than religion in schools. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

May 23, 2025

What is a charter school, really? Supreme Court ruling on whether Catholic charter is constitutional will hinge on whether they’re public or private

Preston Green III, University of Connecticut and Suzanne Eckes, University of Wisconsin-Madison

The Supreme Court will hear arguments about the Oklahoma school in April.

Schools in predominantly Black communities receive less funding, even though Black homeowners pay higher tax rates. Carl Iwasaki/Getty Images

September 16, 2021

How reparations can be paid through school finance reform

Preston Green III, University of Connecticut and Bruce Baker, Rutgers University

A school finance expert and an education law scholar make the case for why reparations should be paid to African Americans by changing the way schools are funded.

Some charter school operators make profits by leasing space to themselves at unusually high rates. By Ilya Andriyanov from www.shutterstock.com

February 19, 2019

Charter schools exploit lucrative loophole that would be easy to close

Derek W. Black, University of South Carolina; Bruce Baker, Rutgers University, and Preston Green III, University of Connecticut

Charter school operators have been capitalizing on lax laws that let them lease building space to themselves at above-market rates. A simple ban could end the practice, two education scholars argue.

Enron stands as one of the most infamous examples of corporate fraud in history. Lack of regulation in the charter school sector is leaving some schools open to the same type of fraud. Reuters/Richard Carson

April 28, 2017

Is charter school fraud the next Enron?

Preston Green III, University of Connecticut

Enron stands as one of the most infamous scandals in business history. With a growing charter school sector and lax regulation, the same kind of corruption and fraud is rearing its ugly head.

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