Secular Education Association

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports a public school teacher in Arkansas scheduled a student for a LifeWise class without the student’s knowledge – “My (elective) for monday April 13th says i’m going to a church??” the student wrote. “What is lifewise academy? I’m honestly a bit confused.” The teacher, Caitlin Altman, wrote back: “So since you didnt… Read More

📣 Did you know we recently published a major update to SEA’s LifeWise tracking map? Map users can now find a comprehensive collection of LifeWise’s employees, volunteers, host locations, and connected churches for each active program! 🚨We are tracking almost 40,000 employees and over 12,000 host locations or connected churches!🚨 To find out who’s involved… Read More

Something in this post from Indiana’s Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith caught our eye. Some of you may remember that LifeWise went all around Ohio with Jon Husted (the states Lt. Gov. at the time) who was also hosting roundtables exclusively for religious leaders and school administrators that were not open to the public. Well if… Read More

🚨 THIS IS WHAT “OPTIONAL” LOOKS LIKE INSIDE A PUBLIC SCHOOL. A parent shared this with us about a released-time religious program that is not LifeWise: Most of the class leaves. Her children stay behind with only one other student. And the teacher does not know what to do with them. That is not a… Read More

🚨 TEXAS HAS TEXAS VALUES. ALABAMA HAS THE ALABAMA POLICY INSTITUTE. Different names- The SAME national policy network. We told you these organizations are not operating in isolation. Family Policy Alliancelists the Alabama Policy Institute (API) as its Alabama state ally—just as it lists Texas Values in Texas and the Center for Christian Virtue in… Read More

👉THIS is what “optional” looks like to the child who stays behind. While classmates leave together for released time for religious instruction (RTRI), the remaining students are often given crafts, free time, or filler work because teachers cannot move forward with the class. Now *some* adults may call that a harmless accommodation… But a child… Read More

🚨 AN ALABAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AND COACH USED OFFICIAL SCHOOL COMMUNICATIONS TO ORGANIZE AND RECRUIT CHILDREN INTO A CHRISTIAN EVANGELISM CLUB. At Madison Elementary School, a principal reportedly notified parents that a school coach was starting a Fellowship of Christian Athletes club and invited families to a planning kickoff. ➡️The following day, the coach… Read More

🚨 Micah Beckwith For Indiana wants to know what happened to “separation of church and state” because Muslim students at Ben Davis High School a place to pray privately…. Interesting question. 🤔 Ben Davis High School already has at least three explicitly Christian organizations: ➡️ Fellowship of Christian Athletes➡️ United in Christ➡️ Girls Nite In… Read More

🚨 “No new instruction time.” We have now heard the same thing from multiple teachers discussing released-time religious instruction. 🚨That means when most of a class leaves for religion, the public-school classroom may be told to stop moving forward. 🚫No new lesson.🚫No new material.🚫No new instruction. The students who remain behind are expected to wait… Read More

Micah Beckwith For Indiana STOP deliberately lying to target Muslim children. The sign is evidence of religious neutrality. It shows a tightly controlled accommodation for students practicing their own religion.Separation of church and state does not mean students are forbidden from praying in public schools. ➡️It means the government cannot establish, promote, organize, or coerce… Read More

🚨 Ohio has the Center for Christian Virtue. Texas has Texas Values. A few days ago, we told you that CCV is not operating alone. It is part of a national network of state-level organizations working to move a conservative Christian policy agenda through legislatures, churches, schools and elections. 👏🏻So let’s get specific. Texas Values… Read More

A former West Virginia public school student gave us permission to share her experience. She attended public school from 1998 to 2011 and says the religious pressure was especially intense from roughly 2003 through 2011. She remembers everyone being handed pocket Bibles. In sixth grade, she says students were forced to learn the Lord’s Prayer… Read More

📢 LifeWise is promoting a new study claiming its Bible program produces “academic gains exceeding 30%” and “nearly 50% lower absenteeism.” Those are enormous claims. But even on an initial review, there are serious reasons not to accept them at face value. 🤨The new report was prepared by Thomas P. Miller & Associates (TPMA), an… Read More

🚨Arkansas spent more than $309 million in PUBLIC money on its private-school voucher program during the 2025–26 school year. And the schools collecting the most?Nine of the top ten voucher recipients are Christian schools. Together, those ten private schools received more than $61.4 million—nearly one out of every five dollars spent through the entire program.… Read More

This is the reality of LifeWise. “They are in our school district in Ohio, and almost the entire class leaves to go—except my daughter and one other boy. They stay behind and do work while the other children return with fidgets and toys. It’s ridiculous.” 🚨This is what “optional” looks like to the children left… Read More