While the process in Tennessee has only just begun, legal observers say it could follow a similar path to the one in Oklahoma ...

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued a legal opinion arguing the state law that requires charter schools to be ...

As Tim Rosenberger and I wrote last summer, that non-decision guaranteed future litigation. We predicted that the resulting case could determine “whether religious liberty and educational opportunity ...

A split decision prevented the religious right from creating the first public-funded religious school in Oklahoma—but they’re ...

Jewish or Catholic, a publicly funded religious charter school violates the separation of church and state so important for ...

In May 2025, a deadlocked US Supreme Court left in place an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling barring faith-based schools from eligibility in the state’s charter school program. Oklahoma Statewide Charter ...

The Wilberforce Academy of Knoxville is suing the county instead of the state because the board of education makes the final ...

In addition to plans for a Jewish charter school in Oklahoma, Tennessee’s attorney general has argued in favor of a Christian ...

The Wilberforce Academy of Knoxville filed a lawsuit against the Knox County Board of Education alleging religious discrimination.

The Wilborforce Academy said Tennessee’s charter school limitations violate the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A Christian nonprofit barred from opening a religious charter school in Knox County is now suing the Knox County Board of Education and its members, claiming the board ...