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03/19/2025

"On April 30, the court will consider a legal question that has defined her career: Can explicitly religious organizations operate charter schools? At the center of the dispute is St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, an online school in Oklahoma that planned to serve about 200 students this year before the state supreme court ruled the decision to approve it violated the constitutional provision separating church and state."

This story was co-published with The Guardian. In 2020, when Amy Coney Barrett came before the Senate for confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court, one of her closest friends told a story on TV about their year together working as law clerks in the nation’s capital. “That last day when you leave t...

11/18/2024

School leaders have pointed to chronic low enrollment and financial problems.

03/26/2024

In the days after a story about challenges brewing at Why Not You Academy charter school, in Des Moines, readers sent many questions to Education Lab. In the story, dozens of former staff members had

03/25/2024

LifeWise Academy is on a mission to reach school children with the gospel. Opponents say the weekly Bible studies blur the line between church and state.

03/17/2024

"According to a recent article in the Moscow-Pullman Daily News about 30 Montessori families have asked for new leadership at the school which operates in The Gladish. Their concerns involve several issues including communications and transparency. "

Pullman’s troubled charter school might become the first in Washington to be shut down by state regulators. The Washington Charter School Commission in Olympia is holding a special meeting Friday t…

06/07/2023

How many students will claim the $8,648 in aid? How much will the program cost the state? It's anyone's guess. But the governor got what he wanted.

06/07/2023

"An Oklahoma school board voted Monday to approve what would be the country’s first taxpayer-funded religious school amid threats of lawsuits, dueling attorney general stances, a last-minute board member replacement and growing national interest.

The Archdiocese of Oklahoma City intends to open St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School in 2024, serving students K-12 in all parts of the state. It would be free for all students and funded by the state of Oklahoma."

The Archdiocese of Oklahoma City aims to open St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School in 2024, to be funded by taxpayers.

03/22/2023

The actor and screenwriter wasted no time in clarifying her academic background after a critic slammed her show's portrayal of the charter school movement.

03/22/2023

Gov. Kim Reynolds made the education savings account law a top priority this year. The law will provide about $7,600 per student in private schools.

07/13/2022

The state’s charter school oversight agency said Impact Public Schools misappropriated state funds by enrolling more than 60 4-year-olds in kindergarten and must repay approximately $790,000.

The state’s charter school oversight agency said Impact Public Schools improperly received approximately $790,000 in state funds when it enrolled more than 60 four-year-olds in kindergarten. The agency referred the matter to the State Auditor’s Office for possible repayment.

04/14/2022

For-profit, corporate charter schools should NOT be funded by taxpayer dollars, nor be exempt from the same standards to which we hold traditional public schools. If you agree, let the Department of Education know today!

Email the U.S. Department of Education by April 13 to advocate for the end of corporate charter schools and support accountability and transparency for all schools taking our tax dollars.

03/25/2022

State regulations require the New Jersey education department to assess charter schools’ effect on segregation, but the department has refused to share its assessments — or even put them in writing.