Religious charter schools case arguments

Hearing St. Isidore case arguments, SCOTUS ponders whether charter schools are public schools

WASHINGTON — Hearing a case today that would have major ramifications across the country, U.S. Supreme Court justices spent two hours weighing arguments about whether a proposed Catholic charter school in Oklahoma would violate constitutional parameters …

Supreme Court majority seems open to religious public charter schools

By Justin Jouvenal, Ann E. Marimow and Laura Meckler Washington Post A divided Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared open to allowing the creation of the nation’s first public religious charter school in Oklahoma, a blockbuster move that could reshape …

Supreme Court charter schools In Case the Choice World ‘Dreaded,’ Justices Appear Open to Religious Charters Chief ...

Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter Poking both sides in a dispute with potentially huge ramifications for education, Chief Justice John Roberts could cast the deciding vote on whether charter schools …

Can the US have Catholic charter schools? Justices to decide now after hearing case

The U.S. Supreme Court on April 30 heard oral argument in a case concerning the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City’s effort to establish the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, which would be the nation’s first publicly funded Catholic charter school …

As Supreme Court considers religious charter schools, Justice Kagan speculates about publicly funded yeshivas

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan raised the concern during a hearing Wednesday that New York state could be forced to fully fund yeshivas that offer little education in basic secular subjects like English or math as a result of a landmark case the court …

Supreme Court Conservatives Signal Support For Public Religious Charter Schools

Conservative Supreme Court justices suggested approval for the nation’s first taxpayer-funded Catholic charter school in a landmark case that could dramatically expand religious freedom in American education. St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, …

Supreme Court seems poised to require state-funded charter schools to include religious schools

The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority seemed on Wednesday to be on the verge of taking a transformative step—a step that would for the first time allow overtly religious schools to be fully funded by the taxpayers. Oklahoma, like 45 other …

Liberal SCOTUS Justices Give Icy Reception To Proposal That Would Greenlight Publicly Funded Religious Charter Schools

The Supreme Court’s three liberal justices sharply questioned an effort to establish the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school during oral arguments on Wednesday. The court’s conservatives seemed to favor St. Isidore of Seville Catholic …

US supreme court seems open to religious public charter schools

The US supreme court’s conservative majority seemed open to establishing the country’s first public religious charter school as they weighed a case Wednesday that could have significant ramifications on the separation of church and state. The Oklahoma …