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Transforming education
State By State
CEN gives you the tools to create and ship faster. No compromise on quality.
ADVOCACY
SGO
School Expansion
Teach for the Kingdom
ABOUT US
America is facing an education crisis. According to the 2024 report from the National Assessment on Education Progress, better known as the “Nation’s Report Card,” only 30 percent of America’s 8th graders were proficient in reading and only 28 percent were proficient in math. What’s more, our education system is facing an unprecedented moral crisis, prioritizing radical ideologies over any kind of transcendent moral framework.
In response, Christian school leaders are uniting like never before through the Christian Education Network (CEN).
Launched in 2025, CEN brings together Evangelical and Catholic schools to advocate at statehouses for the protection and expansion of Christian education.
Based on the successful model of the Ohio Christian Education Network, CEN partners with state advocacy leaders to give Christian school leaders a voice in the public policy debates of the day. CEN also partners with local church leaders to launch new Christian
schools in churches.
Our Mission
The Christian Education Network launches and supports state associations to advocate at statehouses across America for the protection and expansion of Christian education.
Our Vision
Through strategic state-based advocacy and school planting, CEN strives to ensure that every child in America can access and afford a high-quality Christian education.
Our History
In 2018, Center for Christian Virtue, an Ohio-based Christian public policy organization,formed the Ohio Christian Education Network (OCEN). The Christian Education Network was formed in response to the demandadvocacy has led to the passage of universal school choice programs in Ohio, the creationpublic policy victories for Christian education. OCEN has also built a successful model for churches to launch new Christian schools.Today, OCEN is a network of 200 dues-paying Evangelical and Catholic schools. OCEN’sof a scholarship tax credit, the defeat of anti-religious liberty legislation, and many otherChristian education, state-by-state.from state leaders across the country to form similar networks to expand and protect
Our team
Ohio Christian Education Network
Christian Education Network
Ohio Christian Education Network & Christian Education Network