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.

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.

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 3–4 homeschool hours what would take a full public school day to accomplish.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 for the use of it's facilities and utilities and cleaning.

• 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: Afternoons and evenings 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.

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 below).

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.

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.

It is parent-directed homeschooling in a classroom setting. Tutors teach during the week using approved curriculum, but parents remain the educators of record. This keeps the structure legal, flexible, and free from public school restrictions.

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). The Revive tool makes this 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.

Tuition is $25 a day plus a 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 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 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 will need to purchase the appropriate teacher's books for themselves.

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.

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.

Yes in the near future we will be able to customize this for any simlar application. However, only 501c3s and Churches will have RLUIPA protections (which they have even when using say a pulbic venue). Other venues maybe subject to local codes and taxes.However this can be alleviated if you partner with a church.

Yes this option will roll out in the near future. Tutors will however, always be given the first option to provide child care. If they leave that field empty, childcare providers may offer to fill those slots. Childcare providers will also need to pass all background checks and interviews with the church.

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.

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.

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).

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.

Parents pay $25 per day through the app every Sunday, and teachers are paid automatically the next Friday evening. 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.

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.

Yes. Classes run from 8 AM to 3 PM, but after-hours programs can extend the day until 5–6 PM if the Tutor wishes to provide this service. This allows both parents to maintain full-time work schedules. Additional tutoring, enrichment, and specialized classes can also be offered.  

If a tutor is unable to provide after school care, another tutor can provide that service and get paid.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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