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Over the past few years, religion in schools has been a common theme at the Supreme Court – for example, by expanding the amount of government aid allowed to go to students attending faith-based academies.
Critics say such decisions have blurred the lines between church and state. And now, those debates are in new territory, after a school board in Oklahoma approved what would be the nation’s first faith-based charter school: a virtual Catholic academy. The state’s own attorney general has filed a lawsuit against it, arguing that such a school is barred by both the federal Constitution and Oklahoma’s own.
To put this in context, Charles Russo, an education law expert at the University of Dayton, takes us back – way back. Nearly a century ago, Oregon tried to more or less ban private schools with a voter-approved measure meant to target Catholic institutions, though the Supreme Court struck down the statute. It’s a reminder of just how far the pendulum on religious schools has swung.
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Molly Jackson
Religion and Ethics Editor
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A Catholic schoolroom in the U.S. around 1930.
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Charles J. Russo, University of Dayton
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Politics + Society
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Naomi Schalit, The Conversation
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Mark P Jones, Rice University
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Spencer Goidel, Auburn University
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Economy + Business
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Jared Bahir Browsh, University of Colorado Boulder
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Education
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Daniel Douglas, Trinity College
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Science + Technology
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Health + Medicine
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