Student 'nearly ruined' by evangelical education sounds the alarm on public school trend

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Student 'nearly ruined' by evangelical education sounds the alarm on public school trend

The religious right is pushing Christianity into schools, and that can have serious repercussions -- journalist Josiah Hesse knows firsthand. In a piece at the Guardian published Wednesday, Hesse writes that “Trump’s promise to ‘bring back prayer to our schools,’ shut down the Department of Education and embrace ‘school choice’ fulfills an evangelical wishlist I’d heard about throughout my childhood.” He attended Christian schools growing up. “T…