📌 From Our Private Educator & Parent Community This concern was recently raised inside our private Secular Education Association group by a public school teacher in Indiana — and it’s one we believe deserves broader public attention. A district is reportedly paying for Workforce Chaplains as an employee “wellness benefit,” with chaplains expected to be… Read More

📣 INDIANA parents, educators, and community members — we’re participating in this upcoming event and want to invite you to join us. On Wednesday, January 14 at 7 PM EST, the Secular Education Association, Do Something Southern Indiana, and Hoosiers for Separation of Church and State will be taking part in a *Free* virtual School… Read More

🚨TEXAS🚨 🛑 Faith leaders in Texas are sounding the alarm — and school boards should listen. As the March 1 deadline approaches for districts to vote on school prayer policies under Texas Senate Bill 11, more than 160 faith leaders are urging boards to decline adoption — warning that the law creates new problems, not… Read More

When people hear “Bible study,” they picture kids learning kindness, forgiveness, and loving their neighbor. That is not what this article documents. Across hundreds of public schools, parents describe LGBTQ students being bullied, ostracized, and pushed out after classmates attend LifeWise Academy during the school day.Kids told they’re “going to burn in hell.”Families forced to… Read More

Thanks for confirming what many parents have been saying: the “Charlie Kirk American Heritage Act” is being promoted in explicitly partisan political spaces. Public education policy should be written for all students, not advanced as talking points at party events. This is exactly why families are concerned about ideological legislation being routed into public schools… Read More

After a child was left behind during released-time religious instruction, the school sent families a letter describing how student safety is supposed to work. In that letter, North Adams Community Schools says that if a student is missing, the office would “intervene immediately” and communicate with the parent. We want to be clear: we are… Read More

Released time religious instruction isn’t neutral in practice. It reshapes school schedules, divides students, and quietly redirects public resources toward private religious instruction—often without families realizing what’s happening until it’s already in place. American Atheist recently published a feature examining how “released time” actually functions inside public school districts and why it’s expanding so rapidly… Read More

🚨 OHIO — NORTHWEST (ANTHONY WAYNE) 🚨 📢 School-Day Religious Conference Actively Marketed to Anthony Wayne Students as “You Get to Miss a Day of School”On Friday, January 23, a Student Leadership Conference hosted by Redemption Church (and it’s pastor Steven Whitlow) is scheduled entirely during the public school day — and it is being… Read More

ALABAMA🚨 ONE WORD. MASSIVE CHANGE. 🚨 Alabama Senate Bill 4 makes a fundamental change to how public schools handle Released Time Religious Instruction (RTRI). 📌 The change is one word — but it changes everything: ➡️ “may” becomes “shall.” Under current law, local school boards may choose whether to offer elective credit for students who… Read More

🚨 A 7-year-old was lost during the school day.Not after school. Not on a field trip.During class — under a Release Time for Relgious Instrction (RTRI) program. A second-grader removed from her public school classroom by LifeWise Academy was left behind, walked alone back toward her school, and was approached by multiple strangers offering her… Read More

This is who Micah Beckwith is. Not subtle.Not misquoted.Not “taken out of context.” A sitting Lieutenant Governor publicly used Christmas to mock pluralism, declare one religion “true,” and demean all others — while sneering at the very idea of inclusion. That alone is disturbing. But it becomes dangerous when you remember this is the same… Read More

🚨 This is exactly the problem. Read it carefully. This comment was left in response to reports that adults handed religious materials directly to children during public school dismissal, at a school-controlled crosswalk, without parental consent. Notice what happens next. The focus shifts away from:• child safety• consent• school boundaries …and onto a moral appeal… Read More

The recent measles exposure at the Ark Encounter isn’t an isolated incident — it highlights a broader, growing intersection we can no longer ignore: homeschooling networks, evangelical programming, and vaccine refusal intersecting with public schools. We know that LifeWise Academy takes public school students to the Ark Encounter and similar high-traffic religious attractions. These trips… Read More

New year. Same commitment. As 2026 begins, we’re still listening. Thank you for trusting us with your stories. They guide our work and remind us why this matters. Defending the secular nature of public schools matters — it protects every child’s right to belong, learn, and participate without pressure or exclusion, grounded in the same… Read More

👀 THIS IS A VERY FAMILIAR “NONPROFIT” PLAYBOOK. While reviewing Van Wert County real estate transfer notices, we uncovered a transaction that deserves public attention. Two parcels were transferred from Cross Over the Hill — the local released-time Christian program that later became the first flagship site of LifeWise Academy. That transition happened in March… Read More