OPINION: Meet the anti-homeschooling Alaska State House candidate
Alaska House District Candidate Brent Johnson has identified homeschooling as a problem to be solved and then issued a vaguely worded promise to move those kids back into public schools as one
OPINION: South Kenai voters mustn’t fall for deceptive tax-and-spend liberal in sheep’s clothing
Kenai voters have a clear choice: The tax-and-spend liberal Brent Johnson, who supports every plank of the Democrat Party, or the solutions-oriented, freedom-defending conservative Sarah
Fairbanks Assembly wants homeschool funds tied to testing mandates
Homeschool and parental rights advocates are sounding the alarm over a proposed resolution by the Fairbanks Borough Assembly that urges the State Legislature to require homeschool and correspondence students to take government-run academic tests in order to
Alaska opens applications for K-12 scholarship groups to help expand school choice
In what is expected to be a major financial boost for private, home and religious schooling across Alaska, Gov. Dunleavy announced that Alaska is now accepting applications from nonprofit groups seeking approval as K–12 Scholarship Granting
Will a Democrat governor kill Alaska’s participation in the school-choice tax program?
Alaska’s participation in a national school-choice tax incentive program could be in jeopardy if a Democratic candidate is elected
U.S. Education Dept. blasts podcasters who claim homeschool parents are ‘dumb people’
Responding to ultra-liberal podcasters who claim homeschool parents are weird for wanting to direct the education of their children, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) praised home education as providing “proven
Kenai’s standard gov’t schools report mounting losses while homeschool surges
If the last few enrollment reports from the Kenai School District are any indication, correspondence and homeschooling appear to be the future of public
Alaska’s GOP gubernatorial contenders to square off in unique family-values forum
This coming Thursday, May 21, a number of the most viable GOP contenders will square off in a unique public forum that aims to help voters distinguish between the many candidates who claim to be champions of conservative
Debunking false narratives about Alaska’s correspondence schools
The Alaska Association of School Boards recent chiding of correspondence school graduation rates and testing is not only one-sided – it’s misleading. AASB's remarks echo familiar talking points by the NEA teachers’ union on the need for more tracking
Alaska school board assoc. director claims homeschoolers need more oversight
Lon Garrison, who serves as executive director of the influential Alaska Association of School Boards (AASB), thinks Alaska’s nearly 24,000 correspondence students require more state oversight, testing and
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