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Supreme Court Unanimously Sides With Disabled Student in Lawsuit vs. District

Beth Hawkins

Supreme Court Blocks Religious Charter Schools

The 74

‘A Day to Exhale’: Supreme Court Deadlocks on Religious Charter Schools — For Now

Linda Jacobson

A Way Out of SCOTUS Charter School Ruling Mess: Focus on Mission, Not Religion

Richard D. Kahlenberg

Watch Live — Charters at a Crossroads: Navigating Era of Legal Change for Public Education

The 74

SCOTUS to Rule in Case That Could Upend Enforcement of Disabled Students’ Rights

Beth Hawkins

Supreme Court Must Not Undermine Public Education in Religious Charter Case

Ariel Johnson

States Should Support Religious Education — But Not Through Charter Schools

Michael J. Petrilli

In Case the Choice World ‘Dreaded,’ Justices Appear Open to Religious Charters

Linda Jacobson

Big Education Issues at Stake as Supreme Court Hears Religious Charter Case

Linda Jacobson

Lawyers in New Jersey School Segregation Case Want Appellate Court to Weigh in

Sophie Nieto-Munoz

Court Shows Support for Parents to Opt-out from LGBTQ Storybooks

The 74

Supreme Court Shows Support for Parents Who Want Opt-Outs from LGBTQ Storybooks

Linda Jacobson

Supreme Court Weighs Whether Parents Have Right to Opt Out of LGBTQ Lessons

Linda Jacobson

Mysterious Recusal Could Upend Pivotal Supreme Court Charter School Case

Linda Jacobson

Feds to Virginia Schools: End Race-Based Policies or Risk Losing Funds

Nathaniel Cline

Eyeing a Friendly Supreme Court, Republicans Push for 10 Commandments in Schools

Matt Vasilogambros

As High Court Takes Catholic Charter Case, ‘Stakes Really Couldn’t Be Higher’

Linda Jacobson

Oklahoma Plan to Check Parents’ Citizenship Could Keep Kids from Going to School

Linda Jacobson

SCOTUS Passes on Hearing Affirmative Action Case Involving Elite Boston Schools

Amanda Geduld

‘There are risks both ways’: Supreme Court Weighs Medical Care for Trans Youth

Linda Jacobson

32 Oklahomans Ask State Supreme Court to Block School Bible Purchases, Teaching

Nuria Martinez-Keel

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Oklahoma Christian Charter Case

Linda Jacobson

Outcome of Ohio Supreme Court Races Will Affect Private School Vouchers

Megan Henry

U.S. Supreme Court Won’t Stop States from Blocking Title IX Changes

Liam Niemeyer

Oklahoma Board Rescinds Catholic Charter School Founding Contract

Nuria Martinez-Keel

Title IX ‘Milestone’ Goes into Effect for Students in Less than Half the Country

Linda Jacobson

Days from Start of New Title IX Rule, Courts Offer Divided Map of Red and Blue

Linda Jacobson

Who Should Be Allowed to Cross the School District Line: Bureaucrats or Parents?

Derrell Bradford & Tim DeRoche

‘I Can’t Wait to Be Sued’: Louisiana Ten Commandments Law Not Just About Schools

Beth Hawkins

74 Interview: Shep Melnick on Brown at 70 and Integration’s Failure in the North

Kevin Mahnken

Brown v. Board, 70 Years Later: Cheryl Brown Henderson Shares Little-Known Facts

Cheryl Brown Henderson

Brown v Board’s Untold History: The Families Who Joined Forces to Sway SCOTUS

Steve Snyder

Denying Education to Immigrant Children is Morally Wrong — and Practically Dumb

Conor P. Williams & Alejandra Vázquez Baur

‘Are We Being Used as a Test Case?’: Oklahoma Justices Question Catholic Charter

Linda Jacobson

Church v. State: Oklahoma’s High Court to Hear Precedent-Setting Charter Case

Linda Jacobson

SCOTUS: Here’s When School Officials Can (and Can’t) Block Their Critics Online

Linda Jacobson

Seven Ohio Universities Review Race-Based Scholarships Post Supreme Court Ruling

Megan Henry

Supreme Court Won’t Hear Challenge to Admissions Policy at Elite Va. High School

Linda Jacobson

Tweeting or Governing? Supreme Court Tries to Draw Lines in School Board Case

Linda Jacobson

The Right to Troll: Supreme Court to Hear School Board Social Media Case

Linda Jacobson

Exiting Charter Leader Nina Rees Says ‘the Center Still Holds’ on School Choice

Linda Jacobson

Outraged Over Admissions Policies at Harvard? Take a Look at the Public Schools

Tim DeRoche

Children’s Savings Accounts Keep Education Aspirations High for Kids of Color

Ginger Young

Supreme Court Ruling Won’t Affect Tribal Colleges, Universities

Kolby KickingWoman

National Charter Schools Founders Library Preserves the Past, Shapes the Future

Ember Reichgott Junge

After Harvard Ruling, Will Admissions Policies at Elite K-12 Schools Be Next?

Linda Jacobson

Campus Diversity Will Be a Struggle Without Race-Based Admissions, History Shows

Elaine S. Povich

Supreme Court Rules Against Biden Administration Student Loan Debt Relief Plan

Ariana Figueroa

U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Use of Affirmative Action in College Admissions

Ariana Figueroa & Ashley Murray

Supreme Court Skirts Question of Whether Charter Schools are Public

Linda Jacobson & Greg Toppo

After Contentious Vote, Hebrew Charter Founder Eyes Jewish School in Oklahoma

Linda Jacobson

A Ruling Against Harvard Might Not End Diversity-Based Admissions, Experts Say

Linda Jacobson

Charting New Legal Territory, Okla. Approves First Religious Charter School

Linda Jacobson

Ohio AG Yost is Trying to Stop Billions in Student Loan Debt From Being Forgiven

Megan Henry

Supreme Court Rules 9-0 in Favor of Deaf Man in Special Education Case

Linda Jacobson

Supreme Court Skeptical Biden Has Authority to Cancel Student Loan Debt

Linda Jacobson

New Oklahoma Legal Opinion Leaves Vote on Catholic Charter School in Limbo

Linda Jacobson

California Teachers Union Lost Members at 587 of 995 Affiliates Since 2019

Mike Antonucci

SCOTUS Could Change the Rights of Students with Disabilities to Sue for Damages

Linda Jacobson

SCOTUS Considers When Students With Disabilities Can Sue for Damages

Linda Jacobson

Appeals Court Dismisses Challenge to Connecticut’s Trans-Inclusive Sports Rules

Beth Hawkins

Federal Policy Protecting Native Youth From Unjust Family Separation is on Trial

Asher Lehrer-Small

Keeping College Hopes and Diversity Alive in a Post-Affirmative Action America

Patty Diaz-Andrade

NC’s Top Court Compels State to Turn Over $800 Million in School Funding Case

Linda Jacobson

Skeptical Supreme Court Asks: Do Race-Conscious Admissions Have an Endpoint?

Linda Jacobson

4th Circuit Weighs Whether Elite Va. School Discriminates Against Asians

Linda Jacobson

The Unintended Consequence of Brown v. Board: A ‘Brain Drain’ of Black Educators

Greg Toppo

Court Documents: Racial Preferences Massively Boost Black, Hispanic Applicants

Kevin Mahnken

SCOTUS’s Carson Ruling Isn’t ‘Seismic’ Event for Schools — But What Comes Next Might Be

Neal McCluskey

8 Ways Colleges Are Stepping Up After Roe Reversal

Marianna McMurdock

Awakened By SCOTUS Ruling, Young People Join Push For Reproductive Rights

Asher Lehrer-Small

Supreme Court Backs School Coach Who Prayed on 50-Yard Line After Football Games

Kevin Mahnken

Supreme Court Throws Out Maine’s Ban on Religious Schools Receiving Public Funds

Kevin Mahnken

SCOTUS ‘Pissed Off the Wrong Generation,’ Gen Z Activists Say

Asher Lehrer-Small

Half of States Set to Ban Abortion Have No Sex Ed Requirements

Asher Lehrer-Small

ACLU Lawsuit Looks to Take Down Oklahoma’s CRT Teaching Ban

Asher Lehrer-Small

Maine Voucher Case to Test Supreme Court’s Shift Toward Religious Freedom

Linda Jacobson

SCOTUS Won't Hear Trans Bathroom Case

Mark Keierleber

SCOTUS Upholds Off-Campus Speech Rights, Leaves Room for District Oversight

Mark Keierleber

As SCOTUS Rules For Catholic Adoption Agency, Implications For Religious Schools

Linda Jacobson

Court Scraps Vermont Ban on Sending Public Funds to Religious Schools

Asher Lehrer-Small

Appears SCOTUS Could Uphold Student Speech Rights

Mark Keierleber

SCOTUS: Amid Student Free Speech Case, Plaintiff Recalls Landmark 1969 Verdict

Mark Keierleber