School vouchers and charter schools are primed to grow at a time when public school systems are experiencing a precipitous decline in enrollment. Unfortunately, for many rural school districts, this c...

Forty-six states and the District of Columbia permit charter schools to open, and 33 states plus D.C. allow independently governed charter schools that the Supreme Court may soon declare to be non-state actors not bound by constitutional obligations. This could create major legal tensions, as states may be unable to exclude religious charter schools from public funding while also losing the ability to enforce constitutional protections against discrimination and government establishment of religion. The issue stems from the Supreme Court’s increasing willingness to require states to fund religious institutions on equal terms with secular ones, potentially opening the door to publicly funded religious charter schools. States with independently governed charters could face heightened constitutional risk, while those with district-governed charter systems may be better positioned to preserve charter schools’ public character and oversight. The Appendix appears underneath the policy brief below. Suggested Citation: Welner, K.G., Burris, C.C., & Green, P.C. (2026). Avoiding the Supreme Court’s religious charter-school trap: Governance change for the new legal era. Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center. Retrieved [date], from http://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/religious-charters

School vouchers and charter schools are primed to grow at a time when public school systems are experiencing a precipitous decline in enrollment. Unfortunately, for many rural school districts, this c...

North Carolina parents threaten to sue Wake County schools after it refused religious accommodations regarding a transgender teacher.

Plaintiffs in this state court challenge had alleged that the elimination of the religious exemption violated the Connecticut and U.S. Constitutions and Connecticut’s Religious Freedom and Restoration...

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A school district's unsettled lunch debt was substantially paid down by a group of inmates.

Hikers using AI chatbots to navigate Mount Shasta have gotten lost and confused. In one instance this week, a group of climbers relying on them to plan their trip had to be rescued.

In Preserving Rural School Districts from the Threat of Vouchers and Charters , Preston C. Green III (Urban Education and Educational Leadership and Law, University of Connecticut), Bruce D. Backer (...

The Treasury Department released rules that would prevent schools with race-based programs from qualifying for tax-exempt status, a threat to both higher education and other private schools.

PEN America study details verbal and physical threats to librarians, funding cuts and proliferation of book bans

While the process of closing schools will be painful, consolidation will help ensure that there are enough adults in the remaining schools to deliver students a full-service quality education, the edi...

The ruling was a win for Stanford’s student newspaper, The Stanford Daily, and it followed another court victory for students targeted by the Trump administration last year.

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President Trump's Education Department is telling schools to stop considering race when it comes to school discipline.

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Forty-six states and the District of Columbia permit charter schools to open, and 33 states plus D.C. allow independently governed charter schools that the Supreme Court may soon declare to be non-state actors not bound by constitutional obligations. This could create major legal tensions, as states may be unable to exclude religious charter schools from public funding while also losing the ability to enforce constitutional protections against discrimination and government establishment of religion. The issue stems from the Supreme Court’s increasing willingness to require states to fund religious institutions on equal terms with secular ones, potentially opening the door to publicly funded religious charter schools. States with independently governed charters could face heightened constitutional risk, while those with district-governed charter systems may be better positioned to preserve charter schools’ public character and oversight. The Appendix appears underneath the policy brief below. Suggested Citation: Welner, K.G., Burris, C.C., & Green, P.C. (2026). Avoiding the Supreme Court’s religious charter-school trap: Governance change for the new legal era. Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center. Retrieved [date], from http://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/religious-charters

President Trump's Education Department is telling schools to stop considering race when it comes to school discipline.

The accrediting group for schools of public health is weighing the removal of language that specifically requires programs to teach about structural bias and racism.

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