Supreme Court will weigh approval for US’ first publicly funded religious charter school in Oklahoma
The Supreme Court agreed Friday to take up a new culture war issue: whether the nation's first publicly funded religious charter school should be allowed to open in Oklahoma. The justices said they would consider an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling that invalidated the state board's approval of the Catholic Church's application to open a charter […]
NY Gov. Kathy Hochul roasted for refusing to push charter school expansion
Gov. Cathy Hochul has declined to advocate for an increase in charter schools in her $252 billion budget proposal, but educational choice advocates say the budget will give powerful teachers unions a chance to up for re-election next year. They claim it is a concession. “Mr. Hochul blinked — it was a big deal, and […]
NYC student, 8, allegedly scalded by drinking ‘hazardous’ fountain at Inwood charter school: lawsuit
An 8-year-old Brooklyn girl suffered burns after taking a sip from a “dangerous” water fountain at an Inwood school, her family claims in a lawsuit. The third-grader, identified only as LE in court documents, suffered burns to his lips, mouth and face from a fountain that was intentionally connected to a hot water pipe to […]
Gonzaga men’s basketball charter nearly collides with departing Delta flight in scary scene at LAX
The Federal Aviation Administration has launched an investigation into the near-catastrophe that nearly crashed a Delta Air Lines Gonzaga University men's basketball charter flight at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday. Footage of the moment showed Delta Flight 471 about to take off when a controller could be heard yelling, “Stop, stop, stop!” On a […]
ICE Contractor Used Charter Bus to Smuggle Migrants, Says Prosecutor
Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas allege that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement contractors used charter buses to move large groups of illegal immigrants north. The defendants allegedly claimed to be transporting unaccompanied minors at the request of her company. U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested 35-year-old Nancy Berenice Fernandez […]
Supreme Court asked to consider Oklahoma religious charter school's case
The Oklahoma Charter School Commission announced that it has asked the Supreme Court to reverse its ruling that the nation's first publicly funded religious charter school is unconstitutional. The board's petition asking the high court to take up the case could spark a major controversy over the separation of church and state. “Both questions posed […]
Ex-principal accused of abusing 5-year-old autistic student canned from new charter gig as special education coordinator
A special education coordinator who was accused of abusing a 5-year-old autistic student at a Catholic school has been fired from her most recent job at a Bronx charter school following an inquiry by The Washington Post. Mary Ellen Sanchez, the former principal of St. Joseph School in Bronxville, was accused of beating, violent grabbing […]
NYC can’t open any more charter schools, regulator complains
Gov. Kathy Hokul and the state Legislature will come under pressure next year to lift New York City’s charter school caps after New York state education officials on Wednesday allocated the last of 14 “zombie” slots that lawmakers reluctantly approved last year. The SUNY Charter Commission voted to allow the high-performing charter school networks of […]
Oklahoma Supreme Court Rules Against First Publicly-Funded Religious Charter School
The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that the charter of what would have been the nation’s first publicly funded religious school was unconstitutional, according to court records. Oklahoma’s Virtual Charter School Board voted to approve an application for a virtual religious charter school in June 2023, but Republican state Attorney General Gentner Drummond filed a lawsuit […]
Hofstra University stabbing: 6 face gang assault charges for attack after charter school graduation
Six people have been arrested and are now facing gang assault charges in connection with a stabbing that took place this week after a graduation ceremony at Hofstra University charter school on New York’s Long Island. Nassau County Police said five people were taken into custody following Wednesday’s incident, which took place just after a […]