🚨 “MAY” or “SHALL”? One Word Changes Everything 🚨 Did you know a single word in your state’s law can decide whether public schools must excuse students for religious classes during the school day? 📚 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧: ✅ “𝐌𝐚𝐲” 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 – Law says districts may allow released time. It’s optional. Local boards can approve—or reject—programs… Read More

🚨Kentucky🚨 Michael Fox, a parent of Oldham County Schools students, later addressed the board, sharing his opinions of the program: “What does LifeWise offer Oldham County Schools? Is LifeWise creating an opportunity for students and families that they can’t already get somewhere else — through Sunday school, church services, home school and private schools? …… Read More

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🚨 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐖𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 — 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝. 🚨 Why? Because people noticed. Because we raised concerns. Because “unchurched” made it clear that LifeWise sees public schools as a recruiting ground—𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒔. The first image is LifeWise’s original vision: explicitly targeting “unchurched students” — kids without… Read More

We’ve reviewed LifeWise’s internal document, “𝐃𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬”, and it reads like a guide for how to shame and isolate kids who don’t fit a narrow, fundamentalist mold. Inside, LifeWise instructors are told to: ❌ Dismiss LGBTQ+ identities and relationships as sinful ❌ Suggest that children with divorced parents or unmarried cohabiting parents are… Read More

💥 𝙇𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 REAL 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙨. We want to take a moment to recognize the incredible work of Kentucky Citizens for Democracy, a grassroots group defending constitutional principles and empowering citizens to stand up to authoritarian threats. Right now, they’re taking a powerful stand against LifeWise Academy’s attempt to infiltrate their public schools.… Read More

Arkansas 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 https://www.kark.com/news/national/ap-judge-blocks-districts-from-enforcing-arkansas-law-requiring-ten-commandments-display-in-classrooms/ Judge blocks 4 districts from enforcing Arkansas law requiring Ten Commandments in classroom | KARK View original post on Facebook Read More

🚨Ohio🚨 Ohioans are buzzing about former Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel possibly running for governor — but there’s more to the story than gridiron glory. Tressel has deep ties to LifeWise Academy, the controversial Christian release-time program pulling kids out of public school classrooms for religious instruction during school hours. His name is set… Read More

🚨Florida🚨 Florida’s “Parental Rights” Agenda: A Trojan Horse for Indoctrination and Erasure 🚨 Florida’s new back-to-school letter from the Department of Education is a masterclass in doublespeak. Under the guise of “parental rights,” the state is pushing policies that erode public education, restrict honest teaching, and promote a narrow, religiously-aligned worldview. 🛑 Let’s be clear:… Read More

📣 Important Legal Win for Public Education in Ohio The Franklin County Court of Common Pleas has ruled in favor of public school districts in the case Columbus City School District et al. v. State of Ohio, challenging the constitutionality of the EdChoice voucher program. This ruling confirms what we’ve long said: Ohio’s voucher system… Read More

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🚨 Success Sequence bills may sound harmless—but they’re part of a larger effort to push religious and moral agendas into public education. These bills promote a narrow, often Christian-based view of “success” that shames single parents, LGBTQ+ families, and students who don’t follow a rigid life path of marriage-before-kids. This isn’t about supporting students—it’s about… Read More

Welcome to Secular Education Association! For our new members: Here’s what we’re up against— LifeWise Academy pulls students from essential classes like art, music, STEM, gym, or library to deliver a narrow, literalist version of Christianity—often during lunch or recess, robbing kids of critical social and enrichment time. This isn’t just bad policy—it’s a direct… Read More

📣 Are you running for school board or thinking about it? Check out https://www.democracy-education.org for free resources, tools, and connections with others across the country working to keep public education strong and secular. Unfortunately, we cannot endorse candidates-but we do support YOU and your fight for evidence-based, inclusive schools. 🏫✊ View original post on Facebook Read More

If you’re new around here we’d like to encourage you to familiarize yourself with the issues behind LifeWise Academy by checking out our website https://seculareducationassociation.org Another great resource is our YouTube page so please check out our videos and subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@SecularEducationAssociationOrg Or our TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@seculareducationassoc You can join us in our private group https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1QpWYSySpY/?mibextid=wwXIfr Most… Read More