Definition:
Dominion over education is one of the movement’s oldest and biggest successes, as demonstrated by the Indiana General Assembly’s 2025 elimination of any low-income requirement to get a state voucher to help pay for a child’s tuition at a religious school. The LifeWise program is an openly evangelical program that Indiana now requires public schools to cooperate with. The Turning Point organization has encouraged “watchlists” to harass college professors and public-school boards who are perceived as opposing Turning Point’s agenda.
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American Press
Trump demands $1 billion from Harvard as a prolonged standoff appears to deepen
President Donald Trump is demanding a $1 billion payment from Harvard University to end his prolonged standoff with the Ivy League campus, doubling the amount he sought previously as both sides appear to move further from reaching a deal.
By Collin Binkley
USA Today
Flag linked to Christian nationalism, Jan. 6 hung at Education Dept.
The agency’s union said the department ‘has no place for symbols that were carried by insurrectionists.’
By Zachary Schermele
National Education Policy Center (NEPC)
Christian Nationalism and Educational Policy in the United States
American public education, though historically rooted in Christian ideals, has long navigated tensions among denominational differences and, in modern times, secularism. The growing influence of Christian nationalism—a movement blending Protestant religious identity with political ideology—threatens this balance.
By Kevin J. Burke & Heidi Hadley
The Science Survey
Classroom Crusades: The Danger of Christian Nationalism in Public Schools
A conservative push for Christianity in public education is blurring the separation between church and state in American public schools.
By Bethany Karlinsky
American’s United
N.C. voucher school embraces controversial ‘Seven Mountains’ theology
Private school vouchers are a bad idea for several reasons. One of them is that, inevitably, taxpayer money ends up in the hands of extremists.
By: Rob Boston
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