🚩 LifeWise agreed to transparency. LifeWise still resists transparency. That is the issue. This organization wants parents and school communities to trust it with children during the public-school day — yet nearly two years after settling litigation over curriculum access, attorneys are still having to press for compliance. Trust is not something an organization gets… Read More

🚩 LIFEWISE, LAWSUITS & LIES. Before LifeWise sued our co-founder, they were not providing their complete curriculum to anyone — including parents whose own children were enrolled. Parents were expected to send their children out of the public-school building during the school day and simply trust LifeWise’s description of what was being taught. That is… Read More

🚩 ELGIN LOCAL SCHOOLS — MARION, OHIO An anonymous member of our private group gave SEA permission to share this photo from Elgin’s back-to-school open house on August 18. That is LifeWise Academy set up inside the public school gym, where families were there to meet teachers, drop off school supplies and prepare for the… Read More

🚨 INDIANA: THIS ISN’T MERELY “INAPPROPRIATE.” IT MAY CROSS MULTIPLE LEGAL LINES. A member of our community alerted us to this public announcement from LifeWise Whitko. 🚨LifeWise says its director and teacher will begin entering Whitko Jr/Sr High School in South Whitley during lunchtime to “build relationships” with middle-school students. Its classes have not even… Read More

🚩 PLEASE UNDERSTAND — The Seven Mountains Mandate is not about Christians peacefully participating in society. It is a dominionist idea that Christians should take control of the major institutions that shape society — government, media, business, family, religion, arts and education. Education. Your public schools. Your teachers. Your children. And four days ago, LifeWise… Read More

🚩 HAWAII: HAWAII FAMILY FORUM Hawaii Family Forum is the Hawaii ally in the Family Policy Alliance network — the same national network we’ve been tracing state by state. Family Policy Alliance itself lists Hawaii Family Forum as its Hawaii affiliate, and Hawaii Family Forum says it is also affiliated with Focus on the Family.… Read More

🚩 GEORGIA: FRONTLINE POLICY COUNCIL Georgia’s group in the same national Family Policy Alliance network is Frontline Policy Council. And the Frontline mission is pretty clear. It describes itself as a Christian organization guided by Scripture and says it wants a “God-honoring Georgia.” It also says its goal is to influence “all policy and all… Read More

OHIO is suddenly VERY concerned about students earning “low-value” credentials that technically help them graduate but do not actually prepare them for anything. But you cannot spend this much time talking about protecting the value of a diploma while quietly allowing private religious programs to earn students up to two full high-school credits toward that… Read More

🚨 TONIGHT: PART THREE. CBS News Texas airs the third and final installment of its LifeWise investigation tonight at: 📺 10 PM CENTRAL📺 11 PM EASTERN If you watched Parts One and Two, don’t miss the conclusion. CBS has spent three nights digging into LifeWise — how these programs are expanding, how state law is… Read More

🚨 PART TWO — CBS Texas has now posted the standalone video for Part Two of its LifeWise investigation that aired last night: 👉 https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/video/new-texas-law-creates-challenges-over-off-campus-bible-classes/ CBS spent weeks digging into this story, interviewed SEA co-founder Zach Parrish, and came directly to us for information about LifeWise.So while this segment focuses on what is happening in… Read More

🚩 KEEP RELIGIOUS RECRUITMENT AWAY FROM SCHOOL DISMISSAL. We see LifeWise and other religious organizations set up on school property far too often, so we are genuinely glad that does not appear to be what is happening here.BUT standing just beyond the property line and approaching children as they leave school does not somehow make… Read More

🚨 CBS TEXAS: PART TWO What happens when state law requires public schools to release students for off-campus religious instruction? CBS Texas is looking at the problems districts are already confronting — scheduling, claims of school “partnerships,” and the line between simply allowing released time and actively helping promote or facilitate a religious program. Secular… Read More

🚨 HERE IT IS. We’ve been telling you all day that as soon as CBS Texas posted the first LifeWise segment online, we would get you the link. Part One is here. 👉 https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/texas-law-public-schools-bible-classes/ This is the first installment in CBS Texas’s three-part investigation into LifeWise Academy and released-time religious instruction. Watch it. Read it.… Read More

TONIGHT. 🚨 10 PM Central / 11 PM Eastern on CBS Texas. Part one of the three-night LifeWise Academy investigation starts tonight. We’ll share the report as soon as it’s available online. What people are saying: Facebook User: Do you know if this will be streaming anywhere? Facebook User: Facebook User http://CBSTexas.com/live CBS news app… Read More

🚩FLORIDA: FLORIDA FAMILY VOICE Florida Family Voice — formerly the Florida Family Policy Council — is part of the same Family Policy Alliance network we’ve been tracing state by state.And Florida is especially revealing because the organization isn’t shy about what it wants. Florida Family Voice says it is grounded in a Biblical worldview and… Read More