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‘We are gonna be sued’: Oklahoma statewide board denies Jewish charter school application

Beth Wallis, StateImpact Oklahoma, Ben Abrams

Board members said they were bound to follow the St. Isidore ruling from the Oklahoma Supreme Court, despite some doing so begrudgingly.
Education

Oklahoma’s St. Isidore case will be heard by SCOTUS next week. Here’s what’s at stake.

Beth Wallis, StateImpact Oklahoma

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond case next week.
Education

State board approves new charter school site in Blanchard

Beth Wallis, StateImpact Oklahoma

A new charter school is headed to Blanchard after the Statewide Charter School Board voted unanimously Monday to allow The Academies of Oklahoma to expand to its third site next fall.