Charter schools

Oklahoma is again ground zero for a battle over publicly funded religious education as a proposed Jewish charter school looks to the courts for vindication. That's despite members of the state's Jewish community saying they weren't consulted and are "deeply concerned" about the threat to the separation of church and state.

A group of Oklahoma families, teachers and clergy filed a motion Wednesday to intervene in a lawsuit over a proposed Jewish charter school.

Oklahoma again is the testing ground for a religious charter school

The Statewide Charter School Board to argue against state Supreme Court ruling that rejected religious charter schools.

Board members said they were bound to follow the St. Isidore ruling from the Oklahoma Supreme Court, despite some doing so begrudgingly.

The coalition, including the ACLU and Oklahoma Appleseed Center, claims the theoretical school would “indoctrinate its students in Jewish religious beliefs.”

The Jewish Federation of Tulsa said it was not consulted about an application seeking to found a taxpayer-funded online Jewish charter school.

Board member Diamond Marshall moved to postpone the renewal until the next meeting, citing concerns she said students and staff had relayed to her about alleged racist behavior at the school.

In a special meeting Monday night, the Oklahoma State Board of Education voted unanimously to rescind a March resolution to equalize state funding for…

The Oklahoma House on Monday advanced major pieces of legislation dealing with charter schools.House Bill 2966 would implement accountability measures…