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Voter guide shows where AK candidates’ stand on school choice, abortion, personal liberty, more

AbortionOctober 21, 2024

In Alaska’s most sweeping voter guide to date, newly released survey answers reveal where dozens of candidates stand on key issues related to abortion, religious liberty, parental rights, ranked-choice voting, LGBTQ policies and much

Fiscally conservative Kenai School Board candidate backs parent rights, homeschoolers, charter schools

EducationSeptember 30, 2024

Jeanne Reveal is a self-proclaimed conservative candidate for the Kenai School Board. She wants clear, financial transparency from the school district, along with robust support for parents who want to homeschool or utilize charter schooling

Alaska ‘Education Freedom Rally’ to empower parents for culture war

EducationJuly 2, 2024

mid a surge in homeschooling, private education and myriad alternatives to traditional brick-and-mortar public schools, Alaska families are engaged in a fundamental shift in education. To help equip parents and empower this cultural revolution, Americans For

Alaska Supreme Court upholds homeschool allotment program, for now

EducationJuly 1, 2024

Homeschoolers across Alaska, who use the state-funded correspondence program to access goods and services provided at private and religious schools, can continue doing so after the Alaska Supreme Court rejected a challenge to this

Alaska Supreme Court grills plaintiffs’ attorney in high stakes homeschool allotment challenge

EducationJune 28, 2024

In a high stakes case to decide the fate of Alaska’s homeschooling allotment program, the Alaska Supreme Court, on June 27, heard arguments for and against the state funded program that allows families to receive reimbursement funds for expenses related to

Alaska Education Board to meet July 1 to discuss homeschool regs

EducationJune 18, 2024

Alaska State Board of Education will meet to discuss how the state can continue funding correspondence programs for 24,000 students across

State asks Alaska Supreme Court to reverse ruling against homeschool programs

EducationJune 17, 2024

State asks Alaska Supreme Court to reverse ruling against homeschool

OPINION: Alaska Supreme Court must overturn Judge Zeman’s erroneous decision to upend homeschool programs

EducationJune 11, 2024

The Alaska Supreme Court would be wise to quickly overturn Zeman’s decision and let the Legislature decide if they want to change their existing educational policy. That’s the way our Founders wanted it

Homeschooler and career tech grad are Alaska’s 2024 U.S. Presidential Scholars

EducationMay 22, 2024

The only two Alaska students to be named 2024 U.S. Presidential Scholars were a homeschooler from Anchorage and a career and technical graduate from the Mat-Su. These students opted to forego the traditional, neighborhood public school model for a more

11 GOP lawmakers join Dems’ attack to boot homeschool champ from Alaska Education Board

EducationMay 8, 2024

In what conservative Alaska legislators characterized as an open “political attack” against one of the strongest champions for homeschool, charter and correspondence education, 11 Republican lawmakers joined all Democrats in the Alaska Legislature to

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