The Homeschool Lobby: How Christian Nationalists Built a Parallel Education State

What if the most radical project in modern American education wasn't about improving public schools, but about abandoning them entirely? This episode uncovers the decades-long campaign to build a separate, state-sanctioned education system from the ground up. Moving beyond individual choice, host Ibnul Jaif Farabi traces how homeschooling was transformed from a fringe practice into a powerful political tool. The investigation reveals a deliberate, well-funded strategy by Christian nationalist activists to construct a parallel education state, leveraging parental rights to create a protected space for their ideological curriculum and vision for society. Listeners will gain a critical understanding of how policy, lobbying, and cultural rhetoric converged to dismantle the very idea of a common educational foundation, and what the rise of this parallel system means for the future of American democracy and community. #Homeschooling #ChristianNationalism #EducationPolicy #ParallelInstitutions #ParentalRights #PoliticalStrategy #InvestigativeJournalism Hosted by Ibnul Jaif Farabi. Produced by Light Knot Studios (lightknotstudios.com).