WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court blocked the creation of the nation's first religious charter school on May 22, reigniting debates about the separation of church and state in the United States.

WASHINGTON − The Supreme ... is expected to turn on whether charter schools – which are publicly funded but have private operators – are public schools under the law. If they are, religious ...

The state of Oklahoma may not direct public state funding to what was set to be the nation's first religious charter school after the ... a huge military parade in Washington DC on the same ...

Oklahoma will not be able to launch the nation's first ever religious public charter school after the Supreme Court on Thursday deadlocked 4-4 in a major case on the separation of church and state.

WASHINGTON − A divided Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the creation of the nation's first religious charter school, a major loss for those advocating a greater role for religion in public life.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a major victory for religious freedom and public education, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling that blocked approval of the nation’s first religious ...

WASHINGTON — The ... s law applied only to public schools, not private ones that were religious. Defenders of church-state separation had argued that charter schools by law were public, not ...

Washington — An evenly divided Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court decision that invalidated a contract approved by the Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board that established the ...

Some say if religious public charter schools are ultimately allowed nationwide, there will be an increase in taxpayer-funded religious schools since 45 states plus Washington, D.C., have charter ...

WASHINGTON — The ... s law applied only to public schools, not private ones that were religious. Defenders of church-state separation had argued that charter schools by law were public, not ...

Indeed, over the years, many accomplished charter schools have sought to keep a low public profile to avoid becoming a target for teachers’ unions or other critics. McMahon’s new marching ...

The Supreme Court's stalemate effectively ended a publicly funded Catholic charter school in ... debated prayer time in public schools.(Jon Elswick / AP) WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on ...