By Adam Liptak Reporting from Washington The Supreme Court appeared open on Wednesday to allowing Oklahoma to use government money to run the nation’s first religious charter school, which would ...

TALLAHASSEE — Florida’s Republican-controlled Legislature is moving forward with a series of proposals that would help charter schools, while Democrats argue the measures would chip away at ...

On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in a case involving a new religious charter school that wants to open in Oklahoma. As a charter school, it would have access to public money.

WASHINGTON — The Catholic Church in Oklahoma wants taxpayers to fund an online charter school that “is faithful to the teachings of Jesus Christ.” The Supreme Court could well approve.

And about whether charter schools are “state actors.” Specifically: Is an explicitly Catholic charter school an extension of the state government, or is it a private entity contracting with ...