* Hillsdale College, a small private Christian school in Michigan, is building a network of "classical education" charter schools that use public tax dollars to teach a conservative, "Judeo-Christian" version of American history.
* The college's president, Larry Arnn, has described education as a "weapon" in the conservative war to reclaim America, and has used his connections to right-wing thought leaders to turn his school into a political powerhouse.
* Hillsdale's online courses have attracted 3.5 million pupils and promote an "originalist" interpretation of the Constitution, which critics say is an extremely conservative view that undermines the social safety net.
* The college's charter school network, the Barney Charter School Initiative (BCSI), teaches a curriculum that emphasizes the "Western tradition," including a heavy emphasis on U.S. founding documents and a focus on "objective standards of correctness, logic, beauty, weightiness, and truth."
* Critics say that Hillsdale's curriculum promotes a toxic view of diversity and that its emphasis on "virtue" is a way of promoting conservative Christian values in a secular way.
* The college's expansion into primary and secondary education has raised concerns about the privatization of public schools and the spread of conservative ideology through education.
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https://www.salon.com/2022/03/16/coming-to-a-school-near-you-stealth-religion-and-a-trumped-up-version-of-american-history/
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