A new application for a religious charter school is stirring up far-reaching questions about the constitutionality of public aid to faith-based institutions.
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School choice heavily influences immigrant students’ experiences in Charleston schools and can leave them in segregated academic environments, new findings show.
Revenues for Michigan’s districts have failed to keep pace with inflation and the evolving needs of today’s students.
Nearly one-third of Philadelphia schools closed in 2013 still sit vacant while cyber charters banked millions in revenue.
Women often see their choice of school as a reflection of whether they are good moms, while parents of color feel pressure to find a racially inclusive school.
The key to civic coexistence might be learning to look out for neighbors even if we can’t stand them. No friendly feelings required.
Two legal scholars argue that public education helps the US maintain the nation’s fundamental values of equality and fairness – and recent attacks put them at risk.
An education law professor unpacks what the Supreme Court’s 4-4 order does and doesn’t say.
The Supreme Court’s order has blocked this particular charter school, but similar issues could emerge in future cases.
Public school funding could take a hit if the US Supreme Court opens the door to religious charter schools, a scholar of education law argues.
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond on April 30, 2025.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments about the Oklahoma school in April.
Charter schools enjoy smaller classes and better teacher-pupil ratios. But big questions remain about their success rates – and why the public system isn’t better resourced.
For years, the Supreme Court has been expanding the boundaries of government aid to religious schools. St. Isidore’s case pushes the debate into new territory.
Instead of investing millions into schools vulnerable to the whims of private interests, the New Zealand government should be investing in bolstering exisiting public schools.
Amendment 80 could set up a court challenge that may open up the use of public funding for private schools.
Officials have vowed to keep fighting for permission to open the school as a charter – which would be a controversial first for the country.
In 1922, Oregon voters approved an initiative to require public school for most students ages 8-16 − but it didn’t hold up in court.
With Donald Trump absent again, Republican presidential hopefuls took potshots at each other but agreed that Bidenomics isn’t cutting it.
The school’s approval may be the strongest challenge yet to limits on public money in religious schools.
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