That time Oregon tried to close religious schools

+ Trump couldn’t get a bond – what happens next? US Edition - Today's top story: A century ago, one state tried to close religious schools − a far cry from today, with controversial plans in place for the nation’s first faith-based charter school [View in browser]( US Edition | 20 March 2024 [The Conversation] [The Conversation]( Top headlines - [What Biden can and can’t do about abortion]( - [Anger management 101: Just chill out]( - [How March Madness became so mad]( Lead story Over the past few years, religion in schools has been a common theme at the Supreme Court – for example, by expanding the amount of government aid allowed to go to students attending faith-based academies. Critics say such decisions have blurred the lines between church and state. And now, those debates are in new territory, after a school board in Oklahoma approved what would be the nation’s first faith-based charter school: a virtual Catholic academy. The state’s own attorney general has filed a lawsuit against it, arguing that such a school is barred by both the federal Constitution and Oklahoma’s own. To put this in context, Charles Russo, an education law expert at the University of Dayton, [takes us back – way back](. Nearly a century ago, Oregon tried to more or less ban private schools with a voter-approved measure meant to target Catholic institutions, though the Supreme Court struck down the statute. It’s a reminder of just how far the pendulum on religious schools has swung. [ [Science from the scientists themselves. Sign up for our weekly science email newsletter.]( ] Molly Jackson Religion and Ethics Editor A Catholic schoolroom in the U.S. around 1930. Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images [A century ago, one state tried to close religious schools − a far cry from today, with controversial plans in place for the nation’s first faith-based charter school]( Charles J. 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