Getting god out of Texas charter schools: religious exploitation continues to plague the charter school system

Charter schools are independently run public schools that rely on taxpayer funds to operate. As such, they should be held to the same standards as traditional public schools, but often they are not. Sadly, some charter schools are taking advantage of this lack of oversight to indoctrinate rather than educate the children in their charge… and they are receiving public funds to do so.

State chartering agencies need to carefully scrutinize religious organizations that apply to open charter schools because there is an inherent risk that these schools will violate the Establishment Clause by promoting and endorsing religion to students.

FFRF has recently singled out Newman International Academy and Advantage Academy in Texas for brazenly promoting Christianity to their students, but these schools are not the first, and certainly won’t be the last, to take advantage of the charter school system to promote religion....
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/freethoughtnow/getting-god-out-of-texas-charter-schools-religious-exploitation-continues-to-plague-the-charter-school-system/