How do your kids escape government indoctrination without the crushing cost of private schools.
- Home-schoolers academically outperform public school peers by 25%
- Home-schooling is so efficient that kids can switch midterm and still be ahead
- Home-schoolers “succeed” more in adulthood—college, careers, and life (peer-reviewed studies)
- Home-schoolers escape government marxist indoctrination
- 75+% of public school students abandon their faith. Will your child be part of this statistic?
Revive Academies is the solution
Churches: Pastor, you do not need to hassle about starting a school from scratch. Turn your classrooms into a preconfigured homeschool ministry legally safe from government red tape and oversight in a single day.
Home-school Moms: Earn up to $90K a year, teaching children in a faith-filled setting (while you teach your own kids).
For Parents
For Churches
Pastors & Elders, have you longed to use your classrooms to rescue children from failing schools but didn’t want the burden of OSHA rules, W-2 employees, or government academic codes?
For Tutors
Faqs
What is Revive Academies?
Revive Academies is a nationwide platform that empowers churches, families, and teachers to launch in-person, affordable, Christian micro-schools using existing church classrooms. We provide the structure, tools, and curriculum network to make it simple, legal, and effective—without government entanglement. It allows dual working parents to pull their kids out of Government secular humanist indoctrination schools and put them in the the most successful form of education for only $4500 a year (plus curriculum and supplies costs).
It’s Biblical Homeschooling in a one room school house. It creates a whole new economy and allows Homeschool moms to make as much as, $90,000 or more just doing what they do best. Teaching kids (including their own).
How does it work?
Revive connects:
- Churches that have unused classroom space
- Teachers (tutors) who want to lead small or large values-based classrooms
- Parents who want to remove their kids from public school but need in-person education
We provide the curriculum options, app platform, training, and support. Churches host the classes. Teachers set their schedules and rates. Parents pay tutors directly through our app.
What curriculum is used?
We start with two trusted, high-quality options:
- My Father’s World
- Classical Conversations (Pending)
As we grow, additional curriculum options will be reviewed and approved to maintain biblical alignment and academic excellence.
Is homeschooling academically rigourous?
Research consistently shows that homeschooling outperforms public schooling. Homeschooled students score 15 to 25 percentile points higher than public school peers on standardized achievement tests (NHERI). In college, homeschool graduates often have higher GPAs and graduation rates than traditionally schooled students (Cogan, University of St. Thomas study). Studies also find that homeschoolers are as well or better adjusted socially and emotionally than their public school counterparts (JPSP study).
Black homeschool students score 23 to 42 percentile points higher than Black public school students, and they score 12 to 22 points higher than the national public school average. (NHERI Fact Sheet PDF, p.2)
Public School Wasted Time
Studies of U.S. public schools show that 30–50% of classroom time is lost to non-instructional activities — things like transitions, roll call, discipline, standardized test prep, assemblies, and waiting for slower students to catch up.
In some urban schools, research has found less than half the school day is spent on actual instruction.
Instructional Hours: Public vs Homeschool
The average public school day is about 6.5 hours long, 180 days per year — but with wasted time, students receive only about 3–4 effective hours of learning per day.
Homeschooling, by contrast, typically involves 2–4 focused hours per day for elementary students, and 4–5 hours per day for high school students. Because there is no wasted time in transitions, discipline, or bureaucracy, one homeschool hour is often equal to two or more public school hours in actual learning.
Put simply: A child can cover in 2–3 homeschool hours what would take a full public school day to accomplish.
Don't I have to wait till the beginnng of a school year or a new semester to start?
Not at all. Homeschooling is so much more efficient and effective than public or even private schooling, that your child can make up any lost time within weeks. You can switch over anytime if your Revive Academies Tutor approves and make up for all those lost years.
In fact many homeschoolers have completed all high school requirements and are ready for college by the time they are in 10th grade. At which point many homeschoolers simply start doing college credit work and enter college as Juniors or Seniors. Others choose trade schools.
Does the one room school house model even work? If so how does it work?
The One-Room Schoolhouse: The Engine That Made America Great
The one-room schoolhouse was the backbone of American education for over 200 years. In it, children of all ages sat side by side. The older students reinforced their own learning by helping the younger ones, while the younger students were stretched by hearing advanced lessons before they were old enough to take them formally. This multi-age model created independence, discipline, responsibility, and peer-to-peer teaching.
From those humble wooden classrooms came the generation that founded our nation. The men who wrote the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and the Federalist Papers were trained in this setting. They received a rigorous, Bible-centered education that emphasized reading, writing, arithmetic, history, logic, and moral philosophy. They didn’t have bloated administrations, state bureaucracies, or endless testing. Instead, they had a direct, personal, and deeply moral education, with teachers directly responsible to the parents not to some bureaucracy.
How It Works
Multi-age learning: Older students assist younger ones, reinforcing mastery while building leadership.
Direct accountability: Students interact closely with the teacher and each other, not lost in large classes.
Community focus: Education is personal, relational, and connected to family and faith.
Biblical foundation: Scripture shaped not just character but literacy, logic, and civic duty.
Tailored Education: Kids who are more interested in certain topics can work with the teacher to advance faster without the curriculum or the rest of the class holding them back
The one-room schoolhouse worked because it was simple, efficient, and built around truth. It didn’t need massive budgets or government oversight—it raised the most literate and civically engaged generation in American history.
Revive Academies is restoring that same proven model for today—small, faith-filled classrooms where children thrive, parents remain in control, and the next generation is prepared to lead with wisdom and courage.
Do you hire the teachers or own the classrooms?
No. Teachers are independent and self-employed. Churches retain full control over who may teach in their space. Revive does not employ or assign anyone. We simply provide the tools for connection, scheduling, communication, and the curriculum. We designed Revive this way to protect children, parents, churches, and tutors from any sort of government overreach.
Can churches choose their own teachers?
Yes. Churches must have full authority over who may teach in their facility just like they have full authority over who serves in the Junior High ministryfor example. They may even choose to run their own academy using our platform while maintaining control of mission, doctrine, and leadership. However, to make sure the tutors are not classified as employees, the church cannot dictate the exact hours, schedules, or curriculum content of the tutors (or it risks reclassifying them legally as employees). Parents contract and pay tutors for teaching directly, and the church provides the ministry framework and protected space.
As a tutor, how do I come up to speed on the Curriculum?
We will start with our first curriculum deployment: My Father’s World (MFW).
For MFW, tutor training is primarily based on using their comprehensive, pre-planned curriculum guides, which include detailed teacher’s manuals with daily lesson plans and step-by-step instructions. The training is integrated into the curriculum itself through the manual, which guides parents and teachers on how to use the materials for a Christian-based, multi-age, and flexible homeschooling environment. Resources also include a YouTube video series for navigating the manuals and free consultations for those who need help.
- Teacher’s Manual: The central training tool is the teacher’s manual. It provides detailed instructions for each subject and helps you organize your school year.
- Daily lesson plans: The curriculum is designed to be “open and go,” meaning the manual provides daily, pre-planned lessons to minimize preparation time.
- Integrated biblical worldview: The curriculum integrates a Christian worldview across all subjects, with Bible lessons and memory verses woven into the daily schedule.
- Multi-age approach: MFW’s Family Learning Cycle is designed for families with multiple children of different ages to learn the same core content together with age-appropriate projects.
- Hands-on activities: The curriculum emphasizes hands-on projects, art, music, and literature to make learning engaging and reinforce concepts.
- Read the introduction: Begin by thoroughly reading the introductory sections of the teacher’s manual each year to understand the curriculum’s philosophy, structure, and teaching methods.
- Plan the year: Use the table of contents and weekly guides to plan your academic year and mark key dates and topics.
- Review weekly and daily plans: Go through the weekly guide for an overview of the week’s topics, then use the daily breakdown for specific instructions.
- Utilize preparation guides: Check the teacher prep pages for a list of needed supplies and materials to prepare in advance.
- Follow daily instructions: Use the daily lesson plans to guide your instruction. The manual provides step-by-step guidance for subjects like Bible, history, science, art, and language arts.
- Incorporate supplemental materials: Use the recommended book lists and book basket resources to enrich your lessons.
- Adapt the schedule: Adapt the provided schedule to fit your classroom’s needs. For example, you may need to work with younger children first in the morning.
- Access additional resources: Watch the “Mastering the MFW Teacher’s Manual” YouTube video and “How to use your My Father’s World Teachers Manual” YouTube video for visual guides.
- Contact for support: Take advantage of the free consultations offered on the My Father’s World website for personalized help.
Are churches paid for the use of their classrooms?
To ensure that government cannot intrude on the classroom and the church is protected under the RLUIPA law, the homeschool tutoring must be a ministry like the High School or women’s ministry. Thus churches cannot be paid for the classrooms. They also cannot collect rent without incurring a tax liability, and thus allowing government control. Parents however can donate to the church to show their thankfulness and to support the use of its facilities and utilities and cleaning for others.
There are however numerous benefits for churches (see the question).
What are the advantages to the church when they hold a Homeschool Tutoring ministry?
Church growth: New families come through your doors, leading to natural evangelism and outreach.
Community impact: Families see the church as a safe haven from broken schools, strengthening your role in the community.
Discipleship opportunities: After school hours before pickup, can be used for apologetics, Bible classes, and youth ministry.
Student ministry involvement: Young people can serve in worship, children’s ministry, tech, and community outreach as part of their formation.
Rescue mission: Protects children from secular humanist indoctrination, giving them a biblical foundation instead.
Facility stewardship: Classrooms that often sit empty during the week are now actively used for Kingdom work.
Stronger family connections: Parents connect with pastors, staff, and other families in the church, creating long-term relationships.
Financial blessing: Families may choose to tithe or give as they become part of your church community.
Public witness: A visible testimony that your church is serious about defending children, truth, and freedom.
Volunteer engagement: Retirees, parents, and members with free time can contribute to tutoring, mentoring, and support.
Generational impact: Trains children in truth today while equipping them to lead in church, family, and society tomorrow.
Are churches exposed to legal risk or employment rules?
No. Churches are not employers and don’t file W-2s. Tutors are directly contracted by parents. There are no OSHA mandates or employee regulations because this is not a business—it’s ministry. Churches simply need to recognize and declare that homeschooling is a ministry of their church, just like Bible studies, prayer groups, or youth ministries. This allows them to be covered under the RLUIPA law (see what RLUIPA is in later in this FAQ).
What about non-Christian families? Is this only for Christians?
Each church decides whether to allow non-Christian families to join their homeschool ministry. If non-Christian families are accepted, they must agree that their children will be taught according to that church’s statement of faith and parents must cooperate with the church on all pertaining matters of faith.
Revive Academies only partners with Biblical churches and only approves tutors who affirm they are born-again, Bible-believing followers of Christ.
Parents also have a choice. They may place their children in a classroom with only Christian families or in a mixed setting. If a parent chooses “Only Christian,” the search filter will only display tutors who enroll only Christian children and families. This option tends to matter most for high school and older students.
Do you do background checks on Tutors?
Yes, all tutors must pay a background check fee (we work with ProtectMyMinistry.com) to vet all tutors with the federal and local databases. Churches also check physical government photo IDs to ensure that the background check was done on the actual person who will be doing the teaching.
Is this considered a school or homeschool?
It is parent-directed homeschooling in a classroom setting. Tutors teach during the week using approved curriculum, but parents remain the educators of record and pay their tutors directly. This keeps the structure legal, flexible, and free from public school restrictions.
Do parents have to file homeschool affidavits or other state paperwork?
Yes, in some states parents must file a homeschool affidavit or declaration of intent. However, we will guide you through it.
The requirements vary depending on the state (and sometimes county).
Initially, Revive will email you the steps you need to take if any. By next year the Revive tool will automate this and make it straight forward: parents enter their state and county in the app, and we automatically walk them through the steps—what form to file, where to send it, and by what deadline. In states where no affidavit is required, the app will confirm that as well. This keeps parents fully compliant while protecting the homeschool status of Revive Academies. In addition your child’s tutor is an experienced homeschool mom and probably an expert on what you will need to do.
How much does it cost?
Tuition is $25 a day plus an annual CITES fee (CITES Fee – Curriculum, Incidentals, Testing, Enrollment and Supplies fee). If a student attends 5 days a week, tuition works out to $500 per teaching month, $4,500 per year, and the one time annual CITES fee is as follows:
PreK: $450
1st-3rd: $550
4th-6th: $650
7th-8th: $850
9th-12th: $2,250 (6 credits per year)
The CITES fee goes to pay all expenses and book costs. If there are a large number of students in the same grade then the amount saved on shared class supplies and any teacher textbooks will be rebated to parents at the end of the year. Revive does not keep any part of the CITES fee.
Parents pay their tutor directly through our app which avoids the need for HR and Accounting and keeps costs low and transparency high.
Since the school day ends at 3pm, the Revive App allows parents and teachers to select childcare from 3p-6pm or any hours in between. The rate per half hour is decided by the tutor and fixed for the year. Parents can use this as part of their selection process when they pick a tutor. Churches can also opt to provide ministry opportunities during this time (sports, choir, apologetics teaching etc.).
In the near future parents will be able to select to send their kids to only 3 days a week and tutor them 2 days at home. This option is not currently available in this prototype phase. At that time, parents may need to purchase the appropriate teacher’s books for themselves. Alternatively a model does exist where parents just supervise work that the tutor has assigned which would not require the parents to own a teacher guide.
Is it online or in person?
All Revive Academies are fully in-person, giving families where both parents work, a reliable, Christ-centered option beyond public schools or expensive Private and Church schools.
Can a church or a tutor host summer school?
Yes this option will roll out in the near future. Summer school will be different in that curriculums and CITES fees will differ or maybe up to the discretion of the tutor.
Can we use this for other venues? E.g. Night School at a private school, night school at a community center?
Yes in the near future we will be able to customize this for any similar application. However, only 501c3s and Churches will have RLUIPA protections (which they have even when using say a public venue). Other organizations can use the website, but they maybe subject to local codes and taxes. However this can be alleviated if you partner with a church.
What about other subjects? Robotics, Science, Band, Sports etc?
Much of the Science and lab materials is provided by the MFW Curriculum. Other topics like Robotics, Band etc. can all be provided for by parents or alternative tutors during after the regular school hours (or since homeschooling is so efficient, even during the regular school hours as long as the Tutor is agreeable and is covering the needed material). By next year (or earlier if there is demand), the Revive App will be able to schedule the hourly teaching in the same way as the daily teaching and assign tutors and students and handle payments on a per hour basis.
For sports we recommend local leagues. Also most states require all public schools to allow all their afterschool programs to be available to all appropriately aged residents of the state.
What roles do parents play?
Parents choose the tutor, select the curriculum, and pay through the app. They remain in charge of their child’s education, records, and compliance with state homeschool laws. They effectively become the Principal and Superintendent of their own homeschool with the Tutor as the Independent Contractor. Revive helps you manage all the paperwork.
How do I find a good teacher? What if I don't like the teacher I selected?
Once Revive has been established, teachers, parents, and students will have a rating. The rating can only be given by those directly interacting with each other. This ensures that everyone strives for excellence. Tutors can reject parents and or students based on their rating and parents can pick tutors based on their rating. Parents will get to meet tutors (over zoom or in person) before agreeing to hire a tutor. At the semester breaks, parents will be able to rate tutors and tutors will be able to rate both parents and students. All will be able to rate the church facilities and the room.
All payments are made weekly on Sunday by the parents and issued to the Tutors on Friday (plus processing time by the processor).
If at some point the tutor or the student/parent find that they wish to part ways, that can be done unilaterally on a week’s notice.
A portion of the CITES fees that has not been used yet, will travel with the student to the next tutor (pending).
What is RLUIPA and how does it protect us?
RLUIPA (Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000) is a federal law that protects churches and ministries from discriminatory zoning or land-use restrictions. Under RLUIPA, a city or county cannot block or burden a church from using its classrooms for religious ministry—including homeschooling ministries—unless it can prove a “compelling government interest” and use the “least restrictive means.”
This means when a church declares its homeschool ministry as part of its religious mission, local governments cannot treat it like a business school, daycare, or commercial enterprise. RLUIPA ensures churches are free to use their facilities for education as an expression of their faith. Revive Academies specifically instructs churches to establish their homeschool programs under this religious framework, so they operate with maximum legal protection.
How are payments and teacher pay handled?
Parents pay $25 per day through the app every Sunday (or earlier), and teachers are paid automatically the next Friday evening. If a parent has not paid by Monday morning, tutors are instructed not to admit students into their classes. This protects the tutors.
Tutors receive $20 per student per day, which averages $3,600 per student per year. With 10–25 students, Tutors can earn between $36,000 and $90,000 annually (180 days of classes). Depending on scheduling and student count, summer school, teachers can earn even more. Tutors are independent contractors, so they also receive 1099s at the end of the year from parents through our app.
Can a tutor teach his or her own children for free?
Yes, a tutor does not need to pay for her own kids or grandkids, who are present in the classroom. But they do need to let Revive Academies know about them for insurance purposes. Revive Academies permits tutors to enroll their own children or grandchildren tuition-free, provided that the number of tuition-free students does not exceed two (2) times the number of paying students in that classroom. For example if a tutor has 4 of her own kids, she must have at least 2 paying kids.
(Pending feature) Tutors can choose to reduce their portion of the fee for a particular student.
As a Tutor can I just teach a single grade?
Yes, this is a pending feature. While currently the Curriculum supports “bands” of grades e.g. 4-6 and 7-8m, as a tutor you have the final say to which students you accept and which grades.
Does Revive provide after-school options?
Yes, this is a pending feature where Revive will allow tutor is various other subjects as well as sports. But currently churches can provide any free after school options like Choir, Sports, Bible, Apologetics etc. as they wish.
What technology does the platform include?
The Revive app (patent pending) handles everything needed to run a homeschool academy smoothly:
- Parent/tutor matching and background checks
- Class scheduling and communication
- Attendance and grading
- Billing and automated 1099 tax forms
- Ratings for parents, tutors, students, and classrooms
- Scholarship donations and applications
- Classroom Cameras
Are classroom cameras available?
Yes, this feature will roll out in the next year. Parents will be able to log into rear classroom cameras of only their kids securely through the app for real-time transparency.
Can students have different teachers for different subjects?
This multi-teacher option is coming next year. Parents will be able to build a subject-based schedule with different tutors for math, science, music, and more, while still paying a flat daily rate of $25.
Is financial aid or scholarships available?
Yes in the future. Revive Academies has planned a built-in scholarship portal where donors can contribute and families in need can apply. This ensures even low-income families can access affordable, Christian education.
Why is this considered a ministry and not a business?
From the very beginning of American history, churches ran schools as part of their ministry. Revive Academies restores this biblical model by placing education back in the church’s hands. Homeschooling through a church is a form of ministry—just like Bible studies, youth groups, or prayer meetings—not a commercial enterprise.
Where can Revive Academies launch?
Anywhere in the U.S. where a church has classrooms, a tutor is available, and at least 5–8 students are interested. The model is scalable from rural towns to major cities.
What’s the long-term vision?
To transform Christian education in America by unleashing the untapped potential of churches and educators—giving families a way out of public schools and building a new generation rooted in truth. We want to put the over 13.5M Christians kids out of the government indoctrination centers.
Can we donate to or invest in Revive Acadmies?
Yes absolutely. Revive is a 501c3 non-profit ministry.
Even small donations are valuable as well as large foundational donations. All donations are seen as an investment with a return.
Please email us at donate@reviveacademies.com.
What does Revive provide?
We offer the everything you need to make this ministry a reality:
- A secure app for scheduling, payments, and communication
- Approved curriculum options and expansion process
- Training and support for churches, tutors, and parents
- Legal guidance for staying independent and compliant
- End-of-year 1099s automatically generated for parents and tutors
- A scholarship portal for families who need help with tuition (Pending)
- An LMS system – Student grading, attendance and parent, student, teacher communications portal (Pending)
Revive replaces $100K–$300K+ in admin costs for a typical small school by automating most of these tasks for any school by enabling or providing the following.
Typical Administrative roles for a Regular School
Operations & Legal Compliance
- Legal setup and structuring (entity formation, bylaws, etc.)
- Ongoing legal compliance (ADA, FERPA, state/private school laws)
- End-of-year tax filings (1099s, W-2s, 990s for nonprofits)
- Background checks for teachers/staff
- Retention of legal counsel or consultant
- Parent and staff handbooks (drafting, updating, distributing)
Financial Administration
- Tuition collection systems
- Fee tracking and processing
- Late payment enforcement
- Refund/withdrawal policy management
- Bookkeeping (invoicing, reporting, reconciliation)
- Budget tracking and forecasting tools
- Financial aid/scholarship processing
- Annual audit preparation (for nonprofits or grants)
Academic Admin & Student Records
- Student enrollment & registration systems
- Attendance tracking systems
- Report card/transcript generation
- Grade tracking & academic progress dashboards
- Course scheduling tools (classes, rooms, tutor assignments)
- Standardized testing coordination
- Curriculum veting and recordkeeping
Communication & Scheduling
- Class schedules & room assignments
- Parent communication systems (email, text, apps)
- Emergency communication protocol and platforms
- Internal staff communications
- School calendar and event scheduling tools
- Notifications and mobile push alerts
- Helpdesk or support for parent questions
Technology & Platform Services
- Student Information System (SIS)
- Learning Management System (LMS)
- Secure messaging tools
- Attendance and participation tracking apps
- Payment gateway integrations (Stripe, PayPal, etc.)
- Portal for parent access and dashboards
- Mobile app with security and login support
Can you adapt this technology, i.e. scheduling, grading, payment etc for Micro Schools, Home School Co-ops, after school training, or night classes?
Yes we can. Contact us at technology@reviveacademies.com.
To transform Christian education in America by unleashing the untapped potential of churches and educators—giving families a way out of public schools and building a new generation rooted in truth. We want to put the over 13.5M Christians kids out of the government indoctrination centers.