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Janresseger: New Oklahoma Religious Charter School Will Once Again Test the Constitution’s Protection of the Separation of Church and State Janresseger: New Oklahoma Religious Charter School Will Once Again Test the Constitution’s Protection of the Separation of Church and State Charter schools are privately operated, publicly funded schools that serve children in grades K-12 in 45 states.  While charter schools may use private philanthropic grants to fund some of thei…

Disney blames Charter for the ESPN blackout The VergeLast week, Disney blocked Charter’s Spectrum cable from accessing channels like ABC and ESPN over a disagreement between the two companies over new financial terms. Today, Disney says in a blog post that although Charter “claims to value Disney’s direct-to-consumer services,” it is “demanding these different services for free.” With ca…

Why Charter and Disney Are Fighting, and What It Means for Viewers Millions of subscribers to Charter’s Spectrum service cannot watch the U.S. Open or college football games this weekend, and the dispute has far-reaching implications for the industry.

Charter puts media companies on notice in bid to save pay-TV bundle Charter Communications CEO Chris Winfrey wants to find a way for the pay-TV bundle to live, but content companies have to get on board.

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Disney blocks ABC and ESPN from Charter Spectrum viewers The VergeDisney has blocked its channels from being accessed by the nearly 15 million subscribers to Charter’s Spectrum service, the second-largest cable TV provider in the US. The blackout means that viewers in major markets like New York and Los Angeles can’t access ABC, ESPN, FX, Freeform, National Geographic and a dozen other Disney-owned ch…

Answer Sheet: New Breed of Charter School Pushes Limits on Separation of Church, State Answer Sheet: New Breed of Charter School Pushes Limits on Separation of Church, State The religious right scored a win this week when Oklahoma’s virtual charter school board approved the opening of the nation’s first religious charter school, which, if it is actually allowed to open as planned in 2024 for grades K-12, will weave C…

Z/Our Schools: Right-Wing Indoctrination in Charter Schools at Taxpayer Expense Z/Our Schools: Right-Wing Indoctrination in Charter Schools at Taxpayer Expense Charges that public schools are subjecting children to leftwing indoctrination are proving to be mostly over-hyped or not at all based in fact. Yet, there’s evidence, according to a new report, that a fast-growing sector of the charter school industry i…

Left behind by disaffiliations, Texas town’s United Methodists charter a new church AMARILLO, Texas (RNS) — After all seven United Methodist churches in this city in the Texas Panhandle voted to leave the country’s second-largest Protestant denomination, an 83-year-old UMC minister became determined that the UMC wouldn’t become extinct in Amarillo. The post Left behind by disaffiliations, Texas town’s United Methodists charter …

Oklahoma’s Religious Public Charter School Would Be an Affront to Taxpayers Everywhere Christian nationalists right see charter schools as fertile ground for a full-on assault on the separation of church and state in public education.

Charter will offer a cheaper cable TV option without sports to reflect changing landscape Charter Communications said it’s revamping its cable TV model, allowing customers to opt into a cheaper, sports-free package.