WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court blocked the creation of the nation's first religious charter school on May 22, reigniting debates about the separation of church and state in the United States ...

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 ...

A divided 4-4 high court let stand an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling prohibiting the first religious public charter school in the U.S. Justice Amy Coney Barrett recused herself.

The Supreme Court's 4-4 deadlock ruling against St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School leaves advocates on both sides gearing up for a Round 2 on the issue of religious charter schools.

That appeared likely to change after Supreme Court arguments Wednesday, where conservative justices suggested it was discriminatory to exclude schools that teach religious doctrine from Oklahoma ...

Religious charter schools will continue to be illegal after the U.S. Supreme Court tied 4-4 in a case that many observers considered one of the most consequential education cases in decades.

The Supreme Court will hear a case Wednesday that would establish the first religious charter school in the U.S. Opponents include advocates for charter schools and some conservative Christians.

Reversing the Oklahoma Supreme Court’s decision, Drummond warns, could have serious implications. The federal charter school program also requires charter schools to be “public schools” that are ...

Last week, the Supreme Court punted in Drummond v.Statewide Charter School Board, the case challenging Oklahoma’s exclusion of religious groups from a charter school program open to other ...

With only eight justices voting, the 4-4 tie leaves in place an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling that a public religious charter school would violate the separation of church and state.

Supreme Court sidesteps major ruling on religious public charter schools The court split 4-4, meaning that an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling barring the state from approving a Catholic charter ...