All posts tagged "Private Schools"

The Supreme Court is set to hear an Oklahoma case that will force the justices to choose between allowing more religious control of public schools or "respecting the wishes of the Founding Fathers," according to a new article in The Atlantic.

History professor Adam Laats laid out how, "In 2023, the Oklahoma government approved an application from the Catholic Church to create a virtual charter school. Like other charter schools, this one would be funded by taxpayers. But unlike other charter schools, this one would be explicitly religious, teaching students Catholic doctrine."

Laats wrote that Oklahoma’s state attorney general objected on the grounds that the approval violated the state constitution, as well as the U.S. Constitution....

Betsy Devos, an unqualified billionaire with a knack for destroying education in her own state, has been confirmed as the country's new Secretary of Education. Many are wondering whether the strategic Republican marketing of "school choice" has any leg to stand on.

The Commonwealth of Kentucky may have violated its constitution by spending over $18 million in taxpayer money to bus students to religious and other private schools -- and lawmakers are planning to spend even more.