We hear this constantly: “Have you contacted the ACLU? Americans United? FFRF?” Yes. We have contacted all of them. Repeatedly. We’ve been in internal meetings.We’ve spoken at their conferences.We’ve supplied data, documentation, and firsthand accounts from families.We’ve asked them to help sound the alarm — while fully understanding that not every case can or should… Read More

Here’s something that gets deliberately confused FAR too often: 👉 Keeping public schools secular does NOT mean keeping religious students silent. Students do not surrender their beliefs when they walk through the school doors.They can pray.They can talk about their faith.They can read religious texts.They can participate in religious clubs under the same rules as… Read More

🚨HIS MOTHER SAID NO.WHY WAS THAT NOT ENOUGH? At Westfield’s back-to-school event, a Turning Point USA/Club America booth offered a bracelet to an 8-year-old child.His mother said no and pulled him away. 👉That should have been the end of it. Instead, Sophia Hunt — the 17-year-old president of the Westfield High School chapter — CONTINUED… Read More

🚨 “YOU’RE GOING TO HELL FOR NOT BEING IN LIFEWISE.” 👆A third grader said that to a classmate at her public school. -Her teacher documented it.-The child admitted saying it. She served detention for it. 😔-And the mother of the child who SAID IT contacted us. Her daughter was already Christian. She already went to… Read More

🧠 FUN FACT FRIDAY: Why Ohio? Ever wonder why Ohio became ground zero for LifeWise Academy? LifeWise’s roots trace back to Van Wert, Ohio. In 2012, a ministry called Cross Over the Hill began providing released-time Bible education to public school students in Van Wert. LifeWise says that program eventually inspired Joel Penton — a… Read More

You call this “RESPECT”? LifeWise gives students this scenario: “My teacher says I should stop talking about God at school because it makes other students uncomfortable.” 🚩And the “correct” response is to keep doing it. The same lesson tells kids that when their parents say church is a waste of time and they should stay… Read More

NORTH CAROLINA 🚨 PUBLIC SCHOOLS DESERVE ACCURATE REPORTING — NOT LIFEWISE TALKING POINTS. Albemarle Observer has now published multiple glowing stories about LifeWise Academy. The problem isn’t simply that they’re favorable. 👉The coverage gets important facts wrong, repeats LifeWise-promoted claims with little scrutiny, and openly cheers supporters while insulting a critic. 😬 ❌ CLAIM: North… Read More

🚨 YOUR SCHOOL BOARD CAN SAY NO — AND YOUR STATE CAN STILL TAKE THAT DECISION AWAY. That is exactly what is happening with Released Time Religious Instruction (RTRI) in states across the country. For years, many communities treated programs like LifeWise as a local decision. School boards could debate it, hear from parents and… Read More

Use our RTRI State Law & Lobbying Map to check your state’s current law:https://seculareducationassociation.org/rtri-state-laws/ If you’re here because your school district already voted LifeWise — or Released Time Religious Instruction (RTRI) — down, please check your state law again. 🚨A local school board’s “no” is not necessarily the end of the story. If your district… Read More

🚨 CALIFORNIA HAS CALIFORNIA FAMILY COUNCIL. Different state. Different name. Same national policy network. California Family Council (CFC) is officially listed by Family Policy Alliance as its California state ally. (Family Policy Alliance⁠) And when it comes to public education and public policy, CFC is VERY active. 👉 Public-school policy: CFC is currently organizing around… Read More

🚨This is a big deal out of COLORADO — but dissolution cannot be the end of this story. Education reEnvisioned BOCES — the publicly funded education cooperative behind Colorado’s so-called “public Christian school,” Riverstone Academy — is being dissolved. And it is VERY important to be clear about what happened here. This was not simply… Read More

🎙️ TONIGHT: SEA co-founder Zachary Parrish is joining HoosLeft’s Back-to-School Special! The panel will dig into the major issues affecting Indiana’s public schools—including funding, governance, school policy and the growing transfer of power away from locally elected school boards. 📅 Tonight, August 18⏰ 7 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. CT Watch live and bring your… Read More

🚨If you’re only watching your local school board, you’re already behind. -A Bible program shows up in one district. -The Ten Commandments appear in another. -A state introduces a school chaplain bill. -Kids start leaving public school during the day for religious instruction. -A “parental rights” organization suddenly appears at the statehouse. -A Christian policy… Read More

🚨 TEXAS’ TEN COMMANDMENTS LAW MAY BE HEADED TO THE SUPREME COURT. More than two dozen Texas families — including religious and nonreligious families — have now asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the state law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public-school classrooms. (AP News⁠) 🚨And this case matters far beyond… Read More

Our Ohio attendance post sparked a much bigger question: What counts as an absence in YOUR state? Because these things are not always treated the same way: 🏥 Medical appointments🧠 Therapy♿ Disability-related care📖 Released-time religious instruction A parent may have a completely legitimate reason for taking a child out of school for medical care or… Read More