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Christian Roots Of American Education
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America didn’t stumble into Christian language in education by accident. When you read the founding purposes of early colleges and universities, you find direct, unapologetic goals: train ministers, form character, teach “good letters and manners,” and spread the gospel of Jesus Christ. I walk through several non Ivy League schools that rarely come up in today’s debates, including the College of William and Mary, Rutgers (originally Queen’s College), Washington and Lee’s early academy roots, and Dickinson College’s faith and liberty symbolism.
Then I connect those…
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