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Education is Broken.
We Can Fix it.

Mission

25 Years of Experience: Local Solutions for a National Crisis

ARM exists to equip and empower pastors and parents to rescue the next generation by taking back education in their local communities. America's youngest students are the most anxious, depressed, atheist generation in the history of our nation. We believe that as pastors and parents partner together, we can turn the trajectory for the next generation. Over the last 20 years, we have seen church-based communities serve as a powerful impetus for turning the hearts of children back to their parents and raising up a generation of champions. 

Focus

Our Focus Areas

We bring our expertise to churches across the nation to help turn your empty church building into a center of hope in your community.

01

Educating

ARM provides research to help churches identify the significant challenges of traditional education in the US and the impact this has on the local community. The system is broken, the agenda is corrupt, and the methodology is ineffective. We awaken churches to the dangers of public schools and provide powerful local solutions. 

02

Equipping

With 25+ years experience and over 34 academies launched in the United States, ARM provides personalized coaching, tailored resources, and powerful tools to get your very own academy up and running in as little as four weeks anywhere in the US. 

03

Empowering

ARM believes that every church has the capacity to launch a community-based program that is true to the DNA of the church and the needs of the local community. Instead of a cookie-cutter approach, we create a personalized methodology for your church. 

Solutions

We Partner, We Prepare,
We Propel

We offer a comprehensive array of services from surveying the community to training faculty to ongoing team support and management. We are here for you every step of the way, from survey to launch!

What We Provide 

01

Research & Evaluation

Along with nationwide research, ARM also gathers data pertaining to your specific church and community. We evaluate your ministry to see how we can best tailor a program designed for you that includes your church's DNA.

02

Training & Equipping

ARM helps identify key leaders needed to run every aspect of your academy. We dedicate the necessary time to fully train and equip your leaders and volunteers so that they can carry out the mission and purpose with confidence. We help build out classes and courses that will draw new students and cater to specific needs within your church.

03

Marketing & Pre-Launch

Our marketing team will propose tried and true methods to market and promote your new academy to your church members and to the community. We will help you organize interest meetings and provide talking points to help motivate interested parents.

04

Academy Launch

ARM gives you tools to correctly and successfully launch your academy. We help you with your preparation and provide helpful insights on what to expect in your first day, your first week and your first month.

05

Ongoing Coaching & Follow Up

ARM is will you all of the way, not just from the beginning to the day you launch, but we are here to support you once your academy is up and running. We provide continued training and follow up to ensure that your academy is healthy and stabilized. 

About

Meet The Founder of Academic Rescue Mission

Dr. Lisa Dunne is an author, speaker, entrepreneur, and industry disruptor in the field of education. She helps pastors and parents work together to shift the culture of education for the next generation. ​

After teaching at the university level for 20 years, Dr. Lisa saw the brokenness and dysfunction of modern American education and wanted to be part of the solution. She can help you rescue your own kids or build an outreach to rescue your community from the toxic traits of traditional education. ​

Dr. Lisa is the author of six books, including Outsourced: Why America's Kids Need an Education Revolution, which outlines the toxic traits of traditional education and what we can do to rescue the next generation. She holds a Ph.D. in Human Development, a Master's degree in Organization Development, and a Master's degree in Communication. She has started over 32 homeschool academies and is the first woman in US history to found and run her own four-year university.

Listen to Dr. Lisa Dunne's Weekly Podcast:
The Communication Architect on iTunes and Spotify

"As an attachment specialist and clinician, I have never seen an educator who so deeply understands the needs of both heart and mind, and how to create the conditions our children need to thrive emotionally, socially, and academically."

Brian Reiswig

Marriage and Family Counselor,

"In the decade I've known Dr. Lisa Dunne, she has always been a mover and shaker in the field of education. Her book Outsourced is certain to awaken parents to a cultural movement that will not only help restore the socio-academic trajectory and spiritual health to our nation's youth but will assist in turning the hearts of the next generation back to their parents."

Dr. Jim Garlow,
CEO of Well Versed and Author of 21 books on leadership

"We only get one opportunity to educate our kids. I have personally trusted Dr. Lisa Dunne with the strategies for educating my own children because of her robust knowledge, proven track record, and biblical strategies...Dr. Dunne is shifting the paradigm of what it looks like to educate our children."

- Dr. Mike Yeager

Awaken Church, Eastlake Pastor

Mission

Meet The Founder of Academic Rescue Mission

Dr. Lisa Dunne is an author, speaker, entrepreneur, lifelong homeschooler, and an industry disruptor in the field of education. She helps pastors and parents work together to shift the culture of education for the next generation.

After teaching at the university level for 20 years, Dr. Lisa saw the brokenness and dysfunction of modern American education and wanted to be part of the solution. She has the experience and education to help you build an outreach to rescue your family and your community from the toxic traits of traditional education. ​

Dr. Lisa is the author of six books, including Outsourced: Why America's Kids Need an Education Revolution, which outlines the toxic traits of traditional education and what we can do to rescue the next generation. She holds a Ph.D. in Human Development, a Master's degree in Organization Development, and a Master's degree in Communication. She has been married to her British husband, Adrian, for 33 years, and together they homeschooled their children from kindergarten to college. Learn more about her college work at CVCU.us. 

Listen to Dr. Lisa Dunne's Weekly Podcast:

Partnership Snapshots

01

Skyline Academy, CA

02

Awaken Academy, CA

03

Creative Academy. MN

04

Allegiant Academy, CA

05

Harvest Academy, TX

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Partnership Snapshots

01

Creative Academy, MN

02

Harvest Family Church, TX

03

Allegiant Academy, CA

04

Freedom Generation Academy, CA

05

Awaken Academy, CA

TESTIMONIES

"Feeling so blessed that my daughter is able to walk into an amazing atmosphere and environment that’s filled with so much love, peace and joy each week!"

Academy Parent

Testimonies

"As an attachment specialist and clinician, I have never seen an educator who so deeply understands the needs of both heart and mind, and how to create the conditions our children need to thrive emotionally, socially, and academically."

Brian Reiswig

Marriage and Family Counselor

TESTIMONIES

"The homeschool academy has been a lifeline for us. Our kids are more cooperative at home, more independent on mastered tasks and more emotionally content than before we started. Their engagement with school work at home has improved drastically!"

Academy Parent

TESTIMONIES

"In the decade I've known Dr. Lisa Dunne, she has always been a mover and shaker in the field of education. Her book Outsourced is certain to awaken parents to a cultural movement that will not only help restore the socio-academic trajectory and spiritual health to our nation's youth but will assist in turning the hearts of the next generation back to their parents."

Dr. Jim Garlow,
CEO of Well Versed and Author of 21 books on leadership

TESTIMONIES

"Engagement at home is WAY up since the homeschool academy began. They talk about school constantly. I can't put into words the blessing this has been to our boys. They have more excitement and more confidence."

Academy Parent

TESTIMONIES

"We only get one opportunity to educate our kids. I have personally trusted Dr. Lisa Dunne with the strategies for educating my own children because of her robust knowledge, proven track record, and biblical strategies...Dr. Dunne is shifting the paradigm of what it looks like to educate our children."

- Dr. Mike Yeager

Awaken Church, Eastlake Pastor

TESTIMONIES

"My kids don't have the stress of deadlines and rushing and other restrictions of the public school. They are eager and exited to learn."

Academy Parent

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