Daily Podcasts Video Research

Are charter schools public schools? The question that has divided educators now has religious implications.

JL;DR SUMMARY The U.S. Supreme Court is set to rule on the constitutionality of Oklahoma's St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, which stands to become the first religious charter school in the nation. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

JL;DR members get full summaries of all articles in the archive, including this one. Donate & start reading »

Tags

Supreme CourtFirst AmendmentPublic EducationOklahomaConstitutional LawCharter SchoolsFundingReligious SchoolsChurch State SeparationSt. Isidore

Places mentioned

Austin, Texas, United States
"Students, educators and policymakers rally in support of charter schools at the Texas Capitol, Jan. 30, 2015."
Oklahoma, United States
"Last month, the Supreme Court agreed to weigh in on the constitutionality of Oklahomas St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School what would be the countrys first religious charter school."
California, United States
"a California program that prohibited religious schools from becoming state certified special needs schools"
New Jersey, United States
"a New Jersey program that prohibited religious institutions from receiving historic preservation grants"

Support this source

This item was indexed and curated by Cairo, JL;DR's web crawler.
Cairo Item ID 44369
Cairo Source ID 35
Retrieved 2025-02-15 05:30:45 UTC
Curated 2025-02-15 08:31:41 UTC