California should be paying attention. LifeWise currently shows just 1 school in the entire state. But 1851 of 1976 districts have already been targeted. Let that sink in. This is how expansion works. Not all at once. Not everywhere at the same stage. But quietly, steadily, district by district. According to LifeWise’s own district step… Read More

You may not know this, but Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)showed up when SEA was in a legal fight over making the LifeWise Academy curriculum public. That is one reason we signed on to a coalition letter opposing California A.B. 1709. And for us, that is not just a policy position. It is personal. Back in… Read More

Rev. Mara Bim said it plainly: public schools are not Sunday schools. And what is happening in Texas is not happening in isolation. Across the country, we are seeing growing efforts to push religion further into public education through curriculum, policy, and school-day programming. The names and strategies may vary by state, but the pattern… Read More

Arkansas should be paying attention. LifeWise may only be publicly showing 15 schools in the state right now. But 254 of Arkansas’s 263 districts have already been targeted. Let that sink in. That means this is not a small local issue.It is not random.It is not isolated. It is a statewide expansion pipeline. By the… Read More

Want to know what LifeWise looks like in your district? Join SEA live on Wednesday, April 15 at 7:00 PM EST for a walkthrough of the SEA LifeWise Map. We’ll show you how to search your district, explore your state, and view local LifeWise details. This tool helps communities see how these programs are spreading… Read More

If anyone can sign, then stop calling it community interest. Those of you who have been around a while may remember that SEA tested, multiple times, whether LifeWise’s “interest lists” had any real parameters. Could someone in another district sign? Yes.Another state? Yes.Someone with no meaningful connection to the schools at all? Yes. Those signatures… Read More

What the hell are we looking at here? A religious organization is recruiting current Philo 8th graders for a Biblical World View class that meets every school day for pass/fail credit — and they appear to be sitting inside a school building like this is just another normal elective. People are told this is just… Read More

ARIZONA: LifeWise currently shows just 2 school programs in the state. But all 659 districts in Arizona are already being targeted — along with additional charter and non-traditional schools. That means this is not limited to a handful of communities. The footprint is statewide. This is how the model works:They don’t start with programs.They start… Read More

We did this months ago, and it is still relevant. Especially with legislation moving forward. Our town hall, “Moralizing Poverty: The Truth Behind the Success Sequence,” took a closer look at the way the so-called “success sequence” is used to moralize poverty and shift attention away from the structural conditions that actually shape people’s lives.… Read More

THIS What people are saying: Facebook User: Fundamentalists want to convert and control everyone else. View original post on Facebook Read More

ALASKA: LifeWise has already targeted most of the state. Right now, LifeWise shows just 1 active program in Alaska. But our research shows something much bigger:48 of Alaska’s 53 school districts are already being targeted. That means many communities are already somewhere in LifeWise’s expansion pipeline, whether families realize it yet or not. This is… Read More

ALABAMA: LifeWise is already targeting nearly the entire state. Right now, LifeWise shows just 3 active programs in Alabama. But our research shows something much bigger: 150 of Alabama’s 153 school districts are already being targeted. That means most communities are already somewhere in LifeWise’s expansion pipeline ….whether families realize it yet or not. This… Read More

Second graders should not be acting out blood rituals during the school week. Yet here we are. This is what gets marketed to communities as “character education.” Young children painting symbolic blood on doors as part of a lesson about biblical plagues and death — then returning to their public school classrooms as if this… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More