Zach tells Sarah about how LifeWise Academy teaches kids as young as 4 Christian Nationalism type propaganda. Then when these kids enter high school, they will be more susceptible to follow groups like Turning Point USA. Catch the full show about the recent arrests of LifeWise employees charged with sex crimes against minors. View original… Read More

This is not an Ohio problem. LifeWise Academy is expanding across the country – and there’s a good chance it is already in your state, your county, or even your local school district. That is why SEA matters. The more people who understand what released-time religious instruction is, how it operates during the public school… Read More

Justice Hugo Black tried to warn us in 1952. In Zorach v. Clauson, the Supreme Court upheld released-time religious instruction -but Black dissented. And his warning could have been written for what we are seeing in 2026… “New York is manipulating its compulsory education laws to help religious sects get pupils. This is not separation,… Read More

🚨 This should alarm every parent, teacher, administrator, and school board member. SEA has published a new public resource documenting LifeWise safety concerns, including criminal cases, vetting failures, child-safety incidents, leadership judgment concerns, host-church problems, and concerning affiliations connected to LifeWise Academy. This is not one isolated incident.It is not “just a few bad apples.”It… Read More

This Memorial Day, we remember the people who gave their lives for this country. Not for one religion.Not for one political party.Not for one version of America. They served a nation built on the promise of liberty- including the freedom to believe, the freedom not to believe, and the freedom to raise our children without… Read More

It was never “just Bible class.”It was always access to children during the public school day. Children are being removed from school, transported off campus, and placed under the supervision of adults from a private religious program…while parents and districts are often left trying to figure out who is actually responsible for oversight. That is… Read More

OHIO You may have seen a post in How Things Work at the Ohio Statehouse saying Ohio lawmakers ignored calls to add a background-check requirement for LifeWise staff. THIS IS THE IMPORTANT PART – Ohio DID add a background-check provision. But it did not create a mandatory statewide background-check requirement… Under ORC 3313.6030, a school… Read More

“What’s the harm?” Ask the kids left behind. Ask the child whose friends leave every week and come back with treats. Ask the child who is told they are missing “truth”, “character”, or “values”. Ask the kids who are stuck doing busy work because 80% of their class leaves. Ask the child who feels singled… Read More

Welcome to everyone who has recently found the Secular Education Association. We are parents whose own children were negatively affected by LifeWise Academy. Like many families, we started by asking questions about what was happening in our own public schools. What we discovered was bigger than one program, one district, or one state. This has… Read More

Reminder: Secular Education Associationuncovered the Renee Beck situation in July 2024 with a basic Google search. Not the media.Not LifeWise.Not LifeWise’s background-check process… We did. LifeWise Firelands publicly introduced Beck as its director, saying she would be making a “life-changing impact on students with the gospel.” But a simple search showed she had been fired… Read More

A parent asked River View Local School District a very simple child-safety question: “Does Riverview independently review LifeWise’s screening process, or is the district relying solely on the organization’s own internal procedures?” The superintendent’s answer is revealing, and very scary. LifeWise runs the background checks. LifeWise keeps/sends the paperwork. The local LifeWise group would provide… Read More

NBC4 is now reporting on concerns raised by members of the Secular Education Association about LifeWise employee vetting. This is about child safety, public school accountability, and the danger of creating unnecessary access to children during the school day through privately run religious programs. Public schools spend enormous time and resources vetting, supervising, and monitoring… Read More

Louisiana’s Legislature just passed a released-time religious instruction bill. It does not force every school board to adopt a program. But it does something almost as damaging: it builds the legal runway. The bill creates a state framework for churches and religious organizations to pull public school students out during the school week for religious… Read More

Predators exist everywhere children exist.That is the uncomfortable, undeniable truth. They exist in churches.They exist in sports.They exist in youth programs.They exist in schools.They exist anywhere adults are given access to children. That is why public schools spend enormous time, money, and effort building systems to reduce risk: background checks, mandated reporting, supervision rules, professional… Read More

A parent contacted us about the Northern Local LifeWise program. LifeWise told parents that a volunteer had been removed after criminal charges. The volunteer was identified as William Thomas Vansickle. Public jail records list the charges as: RapeGross Sexual Imposition LifeWise said he served in a limited capacity assisting with crossing guard duties, passed a… Read More