Abandoned Christian School Headquarters
This old Christian school headquarters was founded in 1970, known for the first school its signature A.C.E (Accelerated Christian Education) system to help launch roughly 4,000 religion-incorporated schools.
Rather than relying primarily on conventional teacher-led classes, students worked individually through self-instructional workbooks, progressed at their own pace, took tests after completing units, and received curriculum incorporating conservative evangelical Christian teachings.
In terms of growth, A.C.E. was successful, turning from a small state operation into an international Christian-education organization. Contemporary and later accounts indicate it reached thousands of participating schools, reportedly peaking around 8,000 schools during the 1980s.
Critics and academic researchers have challenged its heavy reliance on workbook/rote learning and its treatment of science, particularly evolution, and other subjects where its literal Biblical worldview conflicts with mainstream scientific curricula.