Resources
Monitoring policy, legal, and cultural shifts shaping education
Policy & Legal Developments
Home School Legal Defense Association
Continuously updated state and federal legislation affecting homeschooling, parental rights, and educational freedom.
First Liberty Institute
A continuously updated list of current litigation and legal actions First Liberty is pursuing on matters involving religious liberty, free expression, schools, and public life.
Alliance Defending Freedom
Summaries of ongoing litigation and major legal developments in religious liberty and related civil liberties areas.
Our Commitments
Truth & Transformation, USA, is part of the broader Truth and Transformation Global movement. Our work is rooted in fidelity to Scripture and the core creedal foundations of Christianity, and is grounded in God’s revelation in Scripture and His created order.
Our commitments are articulated formally in the Truth and Transformation, Global Statement of Faith, which governs our work, partnerships, and public engagement.
Books
The Dying of the Light
James Tunstead Burtchaell A landmark historical study tracing how once-Christian colleges and universities gradually surrendered their religious identities through governance, policy, and institutional drift.
The Soul of the American University
George M. Marsden A definitive account of how secular assumptions displaced Christian intellectual frameworks in American higher education.
The Book That Made Your World
Vishal Mangalwadi An exploration of how the Bible uniquely shaped Western civilization’s understanding of law, education, science, and human dignity, with implications for global cultural renewal.
Climate and Energy
E. Calvin Beisner A policy-focused examination of climate and energy debates that integrates economic reasoning, environmental stewardship, and biblical ethics, challenging prevailing regulatory assumptions.
How Should We Then Live?
Francis A. Schaeffer A foundational analysis of Western cultural decline that traces the consequences of abandoning biblical truth across philosophy, law, art, and education, offering a framework for cultural discernment and response.
Culture & Stewardship
Analysis and research addressing how cultural ideas, economic structures, and human responsibility shape public life and the common good.
Noah Webster
“The instructors of youth ought, of all men, to be the most prudent, accomplished, agreeable and respectable. The pernicious effects of bad example on the minds of youth will probably be acknowledged.”
— Noah Webster, On the Education of Youth in America (1788)
These Schools Are Seeing a January Enrollment Surge
Interest in microschools and alternative education models continues to grow as families seek environments that are more relational and responsive to student needs. This article offers a snapshot of the trend and signals a wider reconsideration of how education shapes the human person.
Abigail Adams
“If you complain of neglect of education in sons, what shall I say with regard to daughters, who every day experience the want of it… If we mean to have heroes, statesmen, and philosophers, we should have learned women.”
— Abigail Adams, Letter to John Adams, August 14, 1776
Formation, Not Familiarity: What Surveys Reveal
Surveys measure sentiment, not formation. This essay explains why public confidence often reflects familiarity rather than conviction—and why renewal begins with training educators, not managing systems.
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush understood education as the cultivation of moral and civic character, not merely the transmission of knowledge. This brief explores his vision of early formation rooted in Scripture, the family, and the shaping of virtuous citizens—offering insight into how America’s founders understood the relationship between education and the republic.
Rallying Against ICE, Students Across US Join the Revolution
A neutral overview of reported student protests on multiple college campuses in response to federal ICE enforcement actions.