To inform, educate, and culturally enrich the population of Alamosa County and the San Luis Valley. We offer a broad range of library materials and information services as part of a larger library community with whom we share resources. Our helpful and expert staff provides quality service and programs in a welcoming environment. We encourage lifelong learning, knowledge through self-education, and the joy of reading!

Forest Trail Academy is an accredited K-12 online high school located in the United States of America committed to provide quality online distance education to students in USA and worldwide. They provide online school courses to all students including homeschoolers who want to enroll for Elementary school education (Kindergarten – Grade 5), middle school/junior high school for grades 6 to 8 and high school diploma programs for grades 9 to 12 students.

The Clonlara School philosophy is that a school must empower learners to participate purposefully and eagerly in their own education. The program gives students a lot of choice: choice of curriculum, resources, method and timing.

An HSLDA Special Report on military homeschooling in an overseas environment. As home schooling becomes more popular across America, more and more military and Department of Defense (DoD) civilian families are turning to this educational alternative. This article details some of the advantages and challenges of homeschooling while away from home.

Delta County Libraries consists of five libraries located in Delta, Hotchkiss, Cedaredge, Paonia, and Crawford. Delta County has a total population of 30,334 and is geographically well-served by the five libraries. The Library District maintains a varied collection which includes hardback, paperback, and large print books, audio and visual materials, downloadable materials, magazines, newspapers, computer databases, and local history materials. Each library provides public access computers and I-Pads as well as printers, copiers and other peripheral equipment.. Each library also provides a lively schedule of programming for preschool and grade school children, teenagers, adults, and families. ESL and GED classes are provided throughout the county at a variety of library and non-library locations.

It is sometimes said, by public school supporters, that if some children are taken out of the system to go to other schools, the public schools will deteriorate. And so, the thinking goes, parents have a "duty to society" to keep their kids in the public schools, even though they have already deteriorated almost beyond recognition. How absurd that the government schools think of the children as serving the schools' or society's needs instead of the other way around. It's not the school system that needs saving, or even reforming. It's the children who need to escape from the failing government schools and be allowed to home school or attend successful private schools, without the penalty of paying twice -- once with taxes and again for tuition.

John Taylor Gatto looks at alternatives to our present standard educational model.

BCHEA is a community of home educators formed to support both parents and children. The group averages 60-80 families, representing a wide range of ages, religious affiliations, educational philosophies, and homeschool experience. Offers monthly newsletter, weekly and monthly activities, park days, field trips, clubs, and more.