ProPublica22h ago

Faith Family Academy is one of eight Texas charter school districts on track to be shut down at the end of the year after receiving an “F” rating.

Board members paid its superintendent a peak annual compensation of $560,000 in recent years.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-charter-superintendent-pay-performance?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Texas #Education #School #Parents #Family #CharterSchool #Superintendent

These Charter Superintendents Are Some of the Highest Paid in Texas. Their Districts Are Among the Lowest Performing.

Three charter school districts in Texas underreported the compensation paid to their top leaders. The same three districts have also had failing or near-failing performance ratings in recent years.

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Desert TrailAug 12
Did a nose count, and more than half of my #elementary #students have #ieps. No worries, we’re #PublicSchool #teachers, we can fucking do anything. A new student arrived today with high IEP minutes- he’d tried a #charterschool and had such rough start they moved to our school after 3 days. Charters simply don’t work for the huge majority of non-affluent, non-cis, neurodiverse, and/or disabled students, and public funding should never suggest otherwise. /soapbox
Desert TrailJul 18
Back to school grump: #aps shared it’s back to #school PD and it’s 1) Gathering the thousands of APS teachers into a room, and 2) listening to a keynote speaker talk about #studentengagement when he works at a #charterschool that declines #IEP students. So, 1) Wear a mask, people, because this sounds like how we start the 2025-26 #COVID outbreak, and 2)This #elementary #teacher will let you all know how #hiphop is going to magically get parents to take their 7 year old to school. 1/3
The Wild Hunt NewsMay 31

[Editorial] The Supreme Court deadlocked on a case that could have led to taxpayers funding religious schools. But while advocates for the separation of church and state celebrate, Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott notes the decision does not resolve the issue.

https://wildhunt.org/2025/05/editorial-supreme-court-returns-victory-for-religious-freedom-but-4-4-split-leaves-us-on-the-razors-edge.html

#scotus #religiousfreedom #charterschool #firstamendment #establishmentclause #unions #witchcraft #pagan

Editorial: Supreme Court returns victory for religious freedom, but 4-4 split leaves us on the razor's edge

The Supreme Court deadlocked on a case that could have led to taxpayers funding religious schools. But while advocates for the separation of church and state celebrate, Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott notes the decision does not resolve the issue.

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Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴May 22

BREAKING

#SCOTUS blocks creation of a religious #CharterSchool in #Oklahoma in a deadlocked 4-4 decision (Amy Coney Barrett recused), leaving in place a state Supreme Court decision that creation of the charter School violated the separation of church & state.

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https://www.npr.org/2025/05/22/nx-s1-5407475/supreme-court-religious-charter-school-oklahoma?utm_source=npr_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20250522&utm_term=10153939&utm_campaign=breaking-news&utm_id=25699267&orgid=305&uniquet=&utm_att1=

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Garre said no, because those #schools would still need to meet the state’s #academic #standards & could not focus their #curriculum on those subjects. As a #CharterSchool, St. Isidore would have to meet those standards, too, Garre has argued.

#law #SCOTUS #Constitution #ChurchAndState #NewApostolicReformation #education #FederalistSociety #ActivistCourt

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The conservative justices asked why a #religious #CharterSchool was different from a religiously run food bank or adoption agency that receives state government money through contract agreements.

Justice Brett #Kavanaugh signaled his support for St. Isidore’s application, saying that excluding religious #schools from the charter school program “seems like rank discrimination.”

#law #SCOTUS #Constitution #ChurchAndState #NewApostolicReformation #education #FederalistSociety #ActivistCourt

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Conservative Justices ask how a #religious #CharterSchool differs from a food bank.

At least 3 conservative #SCOTUS members—Chief Justice #JohnRoberts, Justice Brett #Kavanaugh & Justice Neil #Gorsuch —suggested to the lawyer for #Oklahoma’s AG that his position was inconsistent with a key past ruling.

In that case, known as Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, the court said Philadelphia had violated the #Constitution by not extending a foster-care services contract to #Catholic Social Services.
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The attorney representing #Oklahoma’s top #law enforcement officer told #SCOTUS that backing the #Catholic #CharterSchool would upend the traditional definition of #PublicSchools.

“It would result in the astounding rule that states not only may, but must fund & create public #religious #schools,” said attorney Gregory Garre, calling such a notion “an astounding reversal from this court’s time-honored precedents.”

#law #Constitution #ChurchAndState #NewApostolicReformation #education
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Justice Brett #Kavanaugh seemed to try to help the #school’s atty by getting him to respond to concerns raised by Justice #Sotomayor. “You’re not saying the state can favor one #religion over another?” Kavanaugh asked.

In response, atty James Campbell assured #SCOTUS that no #student in #Oklahoma is forced to attend a #CharterSchool. “There are plenty of other options,” he said.

#law #Constitution #ChurchAndState #NewApostolicReformation #education #FederalistSociety #ActivistCourt