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Carol Burris

  • Executive Director, The Network for Public Education
Pennsylvania
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Exec Director of the Network for Public Ed. Retired HS principal. Author of "On the Same Track." NYC & California public school grandma.
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States Face Charter-School Crossroads as Supreme Court Poised to Protect Faith-Based Discrimination

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By Kevin Welner, Carol Burris, Preston Green III
| University of Colorado Boulder
BOULDER, CO (May 28, 2026) — Forty-two states plus the District of Columbia may soon confront sweeping changes to their charter-school systems, as the U.S. Supreme Court appears likely to greenlight religious charter schools and to then shield those religious schools from anti-discrimination and other good-governance laws that apply to public schools. In a new policy brief, Avoiding the Supreme Court’s Religious Charter-School Trap: Governance Change for the New Legal Era, authors Kevin G.
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Avoiding the Supreme Court’s Religious Charter-School Trap: Governance Change for the New Legal Era

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By Kevin Welner, Carol Burris, Preston Green III
| University of Colorado Boulder
Share Share on Bluesky Why is Facebook not here? Why is Twitter not here? Share on LinkedIn Permalink Email May 26, 2026 Executive Summary Forty-six states and the District of Columbia permit charter schools to open. Of these jurisdictions, 33 states and the District of Columbia allow for the creation of independently governed and operated charter schools, entities that the Supreme Court may soon declare to be non-state actors and thus not bound by constitutional obligations.
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Why America Must Rewrite Charter School Laws Now

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By Carol Burris
| The Progressive Verified
More than thirty years have passed since nineteen states first embraced charter schools as laboratories of innovation, and the evidence is clear: The model has broken down. Public trust has sharply eroded. School closures are routine, leaving students stranded and families frustrated. And nearly every day brings yet another charter school scandal.
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