Are you considering homeschooling your child? You can do it! As you get started, it’s important to make sure you comply with the education laws where you live. This page helps you understand how to homeschool legally in Alaska—step-by-step.

Questions about how to homeschool in Alaska? Start here for a quick overview: homeschooling laws & requirements, compulsory attendance ages, withdrawal, access to sports & special ed. services, recordkeeping, work permits, jury duty . . .

Can homeschool policies be based on public school correspondence test results? HSLDA Dir. of Research Steven Duvall discusses this as he reviews a recent study of Alaska student test scores by Chelsea McCracken and Rachel Coleman. Read our summary.

A state law primer for the new-to-homeschooling parent.

Paving a way to their future 

Here’s how we stood by a family in Alaska. 

Choose your state or territory to get detailed information on how to withdraw from public school, homeschooling requirements including testing & mandatory subjects, plus resources and more.

HSLDA has been protecting the freedom of homeschooling families for 37 years. And, every once in the while, the small victories of the past coalesce into something much, much bigger.

Jane Bader needed a more flexible job when she started homeschooling, so she went back to college. Two advanced degrees later, she’s written a book aimed at helping parents teach music to their preschoolers.

A long-term study looking at the health and social development of students shows homeschoolers fare just as well as their peers in many areas, and do better in others.