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Oklahoma is forcing courts – as they did in Tennessee in 1925 – to wrestle with the question of how much religion is permissible in public schools.
An Oklahoma school board has paved the way for the nation's first religious charter school -- opening the door to potential legal action over the plan's constitutionality. The Oklahoma Statewide ...
An Oklahoma lawsuit challenging the country's first taxpayer-funded religious charter school has ended following a series of court decisions, including a 4-4 deadlock at the US Supreme Court. The case ...
Oklahoma’s Trump-loving top school official, known for mandating Bibles in every classroom, is now facing an investigation ...
A group fighting against plans to publicly fund a religious charter school in Oklahoma has dropped its lawsuit after a US Supreme Court deadlock. Tuesday, July 15th 2025, 5:36 am ...
In Washington, voters established the charter public school sector in 2012 as an additional public school option for students across the state. By law, charter public schools are part of a public ...
Will we allow Oklahoma;s future to be shaped by someone who continues to show poor judgment, questionable ethics, and little ...
In 2023, Oklahoma’s Statewide Charter Board (“state board”) approved a charter application submitted by the Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and the Diocese of Tulsa to create St ...
Two Oklahoma Roman Catholic dioceses that had hoped to open the first religious charter school in the nation will have to wait. At least for now. On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld an ...
Chris Korsmo Thu, June 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM UTC 3 min read Chris Korsmo ...
SCOTUS blocked Oklahoma's religious charter school, upholding public education law. Ruling reinforced that charter public schools must remain non-sectarian and public. Decision signals broader ...