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

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

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 ...

In May 2025, the Supreme Court handed down a 4–4 split decision in Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond. That deadlock left intact a ruling from the Oklahoma Supreme Court that denied ...

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

Riverstone Academy in Pueblo is the latest school to test the legal limits of government funding for religious schools and the separation between church and state ...

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

The Tennessee state attorney general says the state law banning religious charter schools likely violates the First Amendment ...

Read full article: Franklin County, Boones Mill VFD deadlocked on buying new truck The case has drawn attention to New York Pizza, operated by Giacomo Montouri, who emphasizes his separation from the ...

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

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 violated their First ...

Wilberforce Academy of Knoxville, Christian school planned for the Cedar Bluff area, has sued the Knox County Board of ...