Want to know what LifeWise Academy is doing in your district? 👀 Secular Education Association just rolled out a major update to our national LifeWise tracker. 🗺️ 📍LifeWise is tracking expansion across 17,500+ districts and 95,500+ schools. We’re tracking how that expansion is happening. Our updated map brings together information from LifeWise, public records, and…

Department of Homeland Security what exactly is your job over there? National security or posting like a megachurch intern with federal login access? A federal agency is not a church.It is not a ministry.It is not your personal Easter devotional with a verified badge. Posting Bible verses and “He is Risen” from an official government…

To everyone celebrating Easter, we wish you a peaceful holiday. Public schools still belong to all families. Religious freedom is protected best when schools remain neutral— not when one faith is centered, promoted, or treated as the default during the school day. Every child deserves a public school where they can learn without religious pressure,…

ARIZONA Republicans are trying to force public schools to make room for off-campus religious instruction during the school day. Let’s call this what it is: a state-backed religious access bill. 👈🏻 SB 1741 is not about “freedom.”It is not about “choice.”And it is definitely not about public education.👀 🚨It is about forcing schools to accommodate…

This is the scam: starve public schools, subsidize religious alternatives, then blame public schools for the damage. Taxpayer dollars are not a church offering. They should not be used to fund religious schools, religious doctrine, or the slow-motion privatization of public education under the banner of “choice.” People should be furious. https://www.facebook.com/share/18X8aF1xNe/?mibextid=wwXIfr What people are…

COME ON Department of Homeland SecurityTwo in one day! The government is not a church. When federal agencies promote one religion, it undermines the religious freedom of everyone else. This is the same normalization strategy we are watching play out in public schools: blur the line, repeat it often enough, and hope people stop objecting.…

Hey Department of Homeland Security-This is not acceptable. It never has been. It will never be. A government agency should not be posting explicitly Christian messages in its official capacity. And let’s be clear: this is the same problem we are confronting in our children’s public schools. When public institutions begin centering one religion, privileging…

SEA was featured in a recent news segment speaking out about a serious concern with school-day religious release programs: student safety. As Executive Director Molly Gaines said in the segment, public schools spend enormous time, effort, and money keeping campuses secure. Sending students off campus during the school day to an unsecured, unvetted location that…

April Fools’ Day is supposed to be about bad ideas. Public schools shouldn’t have to deal with them the rest of the year. Across the country, policies dressed up as “freedom” are quietly reshaping the public school day. From released-time religious programs to so-called “moral instruction” mandates, communities are being asked to normalize changes that…

Every child belongs in public school. That includes trans students. On Trans Day of Visibility, we want to say this clearly and without apology: Trans students deserve to feel safe, seen, respected, and included at school.They deserve classrooms where they can learn without fear.They deserve adults who protect their dignity.They deserve peers and communities that…

🏆 NATIONAL GRANT WIN SEA Selected for the Empathy Project! We are thrilled to announce that the Secular Education Association has been officially selected as a recipient of a 2026 Empathy Project Grant! Out of more than 600 applicants nationwide, our “Public School Belonging Day” initiative was chosen as one of only 100 projects to…

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“We need to have more of a coordinated effort… it’s something we need to work on as a community.” Great to hear from our SEA cofounder, Zach, at the Fort Wayne No Kings rally this weekend. He’s right—if we want to be effective, we have to move as a team. So proud of the work…

When the stakes are this high, “Good Enough” is a liability. 📊 We’ve seen several “toolkits” and “summaries” circulate regarding the LifeWise Academy outcomes report. While we appreciate everyone standing up for our public schools, we’ve noticed a dangerous trend: a complete lack of verifiable math and cited research. In a school board meeting or…

Before districts say yes to religious release time, communities deserve more than vague promises. These programs can affect the entire school day; including scheduling, staff roles, neutrality, and the students who do not participate. Whether it is LifeWise, Bible2School, School Ministries, or another religious release time program, these are questions every community should have answered…