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We’re sick and tired of LifeWise Academy having no accountability and facing no …
We’re sick and tired of LifeWise Academy having no accountability and facing no repercussions for failing to abide by their own legal agreements. Secular Education Association has been continuously forced…
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Alabama has the Alabama Policy Institute. 🚨ARKANSAS HAS FAMILY COUNCIL.
Alabama has the Alabama Policy Institute. 🚨ARKANSAS HAS FAMILY COUNCIL. Different names 👉 The SAME national policy network. We told you these organizations are not operating in isolation. Family Policy…
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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports a public school teacher in Arkansas scheduled…
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports a public school teacher in Arkansas scheduled a student for a LifeWise class without the student’s knowledge – “My (elective) for monday April 13th says i’m going…
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📣 Did you know we recently published a major update to SEA’s LifeWise tracking m…
📣 Did you know we recently published a major update to SEA’s LifeWise tracking map? Map users can now find a comprehensive collection of LifeWise’s employees, volunteers, host locations, and…
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Something in this post from Indiana’s Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith caught our eye.
Something in this post from Indiana’s Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith caught our eye. Some of you may remember that LifeWise went all around Ohio with Jon Husted (the states Lt.…
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🚨 THIS IS WHAT “OPTIONAL” LOOKS LIKE INSIDE A PUBLIC SCHOOL.
🚨 THIS IS WHAT “OPTIONAL” LOOKS LIKE INSIDE A PUBLIC SCHOOL. A parent shared this with us about a released-time religious program that is not LifeWise: Most of the class…
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🚨 TEXAS HAS TEXAS VALUES. ALABAMA HAS THE ALABAMA POLICY INSTITUTE.
🚨 TEXAS HAS TEXAS VALUES. ALABAMA HAS THE ALABAMA POLICY INSTITUTE. Different names- The SAME national policy network. We told you these organizations are not operating in isolation. Family Policy…
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👉THIS is what “optional” looks like to the child who stays behind.
👉THIS is what “optional” looks like to the child who stays behind. While classmates leave together for released time for religious instruction (RTRI), the remaining students are often given crafts,…
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🚨 AN ALABAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AND COACH USED OFFICIAL SCHOOL COMMUNIC…
🚨 AN ALABAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AND COACH USED OFFICIAL SCHOOL COMMUNICATIONS TO ORGANIZE AND RECRUIT CHILDREN INTO A CHRISTIAN EVANGELISM CLUB. At Madison Elementary School, a principal reportedly notified…
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🚨 Micah Beckwith For Indiana wants to know what happened to “separation of churc…
🚨 Micah Beckwith For Indiana wants to know what happened to “separation of church and state” because Muslim students at Ben Davis High School a place to pray privately…. Interesting…
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🚨 “No new instruction time.”
🚨 “No new instruction time.” We have now heard the same thing from multiple teachers discussing released-time religious instruction. 🚨That means when most of a class leaves for religion, the…
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Micah Beckwith For Indiana STOP deliberately lying to target Muslim children.
Micah Beckwith For Indiana STOP deliberately lying to target Muslim children. The sign is evidence of religious neutrality. It shows a tightly controlled accommodation for students practicing their own religion.Separation…
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🚨 Ohio has the Center for Christian Virtue. Texas has Texas Values.
🚨 Ohio has the Center for Christian Virtue. Texas has Texas Values. A few days ago, we told you that CCV is not operating alone. It is part of a…
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A former West Virginia public school student gave us permission to share her exp…
A former West Virginia public school student gave us permission to share her experience. She attended public school from 1998 to 2011 and says the religious pressure was especially intense…
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📢 LifeWise is promoting a new study claiming its Bible program produces “academi…
📢 LifeWise is promoting a new study claiming its Bible program produces “academic gains exceeding 30%” and “nearly 50% lower absenteeism.” Those are enormous claims. But even on an initial…
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🚨Arkansas spent more than $309 million in PUBLIC money on its private-school vou…
🚨Arkansas spent more than $309 million in PUBLIC money on its private-school voucher program during the 2025–26 school year. And the schools collecting the most?Nine of the top ten voucher…
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This is the reality of LifeWise.
This is the reality of LifeWise. “They are in our school district in Ohio, and almost the entire class leaves to go—except my daughter and one other boy. They stay…
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This is not solidarity. It’s content.
This is not solidarity. It’s content. Yesterday, Friendly Atheist posted a graphic declaring that religious instruction does not belong in the public school day. Great. We’ve been saying that for…
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🚨 Ohio has CCV. Texas has Texas Values. Your state may have its own version. 👀
🚨 Ohio has CCV. Texas has Texas Values. Your state may have its own version. 👀 In 2025, we reported on the Center for Christian Virtue’s support for LifeWise Academy…
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🍎Public school kids are going without.
🍎Public school kids are going without.📓Teachers are buying classroom supplies out of their own pockets. ✏️ Families are being asked to donate everything from pencils to tissues. 💔Schools are cutting…
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🚨 Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith’s church is connected to LifeWise Academy.
🚨 Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith’s church is connected to LifeWise Academy. Beckwith serves as a pastor at Life Church in Noblesville, which is identified on SEA’s map as a…
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🚨 A PUBLIC FACILITY WAS DONATED TO LIFEWISE ACADEMY. 🚨
🚨 A PUBLIC FACILITY WAS DONATED TO LIFEWISE ACADEMY. 🚨 Last year, we obtained a lease between the Village of Dresden, Ohio, and LifeWise Academy that deserves another look. This…
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Katy Faust has built a national organization around the claim that other people’…
Katy Faust has built a national organization around the claim that other people’s families are driven by adult desires, unresolved wounds, and disregard for children. Meanwhile, her own public ideology…
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🚨 Nearly one in three Toledo children lives in poverty, giving the city one of t…
🚨 Nearly one in three Toledo children lives in poverty, giving the city one of the highest child poverty rates in the nation. And LifeWise Academy Toledo is fundraising $1,600…
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🚨 Never heard of “Them Before Us”?
🚨 Never heard of “Them Before Us”? That’s cause you’re supposed to see the billboard—not the machinery behind it. 👀 Have A Gay Day recently drew attention to this billboard…
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This is the LifeWise Summit. Today.
This is the LifeWise Summit. Today. “Children are cultural targets.” Not children to protect.Not minds to educate.Targets to capture. Their strategy is explicit: gain access to children, impose one religious…
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🚨 We first published this document more than TWO YEARS ago. It deserves another …
🚨 We first published this document more than TWO YEARS ago. It deserves another look. LifeWise titled it: “BOOSTING ENROLLMENT.” And it lays out, in detail, how local programs should…
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🚨 What if your “choice” comes with a religion?
🚨 What if your “choice” comes with a religion? Texas is now giving eligible families an average of $10,500 in public money to pay for private school. A new Houston…
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🚨 OHIO – Authorities are asking the public for information about an Ohio man acc…
🚨 OHIO – Authorities are asking the public for information about an Ohio man accused of child sexual abuse material offenses—including whether he attempted to gain access to children through…
Keep reading🚨 This is a LifeWise Academy class.
🚨 This is a LifeWise Academy class. “Do you know who the authority is over all the authorities?” “God.” Children are then taught that it is “really good for us…
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