Secular Education Association first published our Example RTRI Policy in January 2025, right after Ohio’s religious released time law changed. (RTRI) We built it because districts needed more than a vague “shall allow.” They needed real policy language. They needed guardrails. They needed a way to protect students, families, staff, instructional time, and school neutrality… Read More

ALABAMA No shame. Just the agenda in writing. Representative Susan DuBose isn’t hiding the goal. She thanked LifeWise Academy for its “nationwide work to bring bible education to public schools.” She celebrated a law that says schools shall allow released-time religious instruction. She said she “can’t wait” for this program to spread to every school… Read More

Huge thank you to everyone who has already purchased items or helped contribute to Public School Belonging Day. 💜 Every box of crayons, notebook, sticker, fidget, and bag helps us send a simple but powerful message to local public school kids: You belong here. It may feel small. But a bag full of things chosen… Read More

TEXAS FAMILIES NEEDED Time-sensitive request. If your child’s school has a released time religious instruction program, including LifeWise, SEA needs to hear from you. We are looking to connect with Texas families who can share how these programs are affecting students, schedules, classrooms, or school communities. If this has impacted your child, whether they participate… Read More

Here’s the problem in plain sight. This is not just “Bible class.” This is a released-time religious instruction program teaching 4th graders that they have a “job” to “go and make disciples” and “share the Good News.” That means children are being pulled from the public school day and taught that part of their role… Read More

SEA has been documenting these harms for years. This email was uncovered through SEA’s Defiance City Schools public records request. We first posted about it on July 31, 2024. In the email, a school employee referred to children who did not attend LifeWise as “LifeWise leftovers.” In January 2022, that group included the daughter of… Read More

Public School Belonging Day is coming to Fort Wayne! 💜 Join us Saturday, May 2, 2026 for a community-centered day of inclusion, encouragement, and support for local public school students and families. This event is built around one simple message: Every child belongs in public school. Students of every faith, no faith, background, identity, and… Read More

This has been happening in some places since the 1950s. That does not mean it was harmless. That does not mean every child was fine. And it does not mean public schools should keep helping religious programs separate children during the school day. Even in 1952, when the Supreme Court allowed off-campus released time in… Read More

55,000 hours is not a success story. It is a public school disruption report. In this video, they say their classes have exceeded 55,000 hours.. That is not a tiny after-school Bible club. That is tens of thousands of hours of children being pulled out of the public school day for religious instruction. And the… Read More

🎉 ENTER TO WIN 🎉 We’re giving away a 4-pack of Reserved Seats to a Fort Wayne Tin Caps game at Public School Belonging Day in Fort Wayne, Indiana on Saturday, May 2. Come out, celebrate with us, and enter for a chance to win. Details: One entry per adult guestMust be 18+ to enterMust… Read More

You may see a lot of estimates floating around about how many classroom hours these Lifewise programs are costing students. And to be clear, the impact is enormous. LifeWise’s own public-facing numbers say they serve 64,168 students in 983 schools across 33 states. Even if you use a very basic low estimate of 1 hour… Read More

🎉 ENTER TO WIN 🎉 We’re giving away a 4-pack of tickets to Summit City Comedy Club at Public School Belonging Day in Fort Wayne, Indiana on Saturday, May 2. Come out, celebrate with us, and enter for a chance to win. Details: One entry per adult guestMust be 18+ to enter the clubMust be… Read More

Every child deserves to feel like they belong. 💙 On May 2 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, SEA will be celebrating Public School Belonging Day as part of the AHA American Empathy Project by putting together 100 Belonging Bags for kids. Each bag will include small items and one simple message every child deserves to hear:… Read More

🌎 EARTH DAY isn’t a vibe. It’s science. You can’t celebrate Earth Day while normalizing biblical literalism during the school day. Earth Day is about the future young people are inheriting — and that future depends on evidence: climate science, geology, biology, data, reality. But too many kids are still being exposed to messaging that… Read More

We posted this 2 years ago. We posted it again 37 weeks ago. And we are posting it again now because people still need to see it. This is LifeWise’s own internal training document given to volunteers and teachers — titled “Difficult Questions from Students.” Read what it says. It tells adults how to answer… Read More