As promised, here’s the rest of Charter & Other Free Online Schools as a distance learning option for homeschoolers. As discussed in the Part 1 a “free” school is a public school and therefore will be controlled to varying degrees by government regulations either at the local or state level.

People choose homeschool for many reasons and in my opinion the question to ask is:

Why are you homeschooling or considering homeschool?

• You don’t agree with what was/is being taught in the public school?
• For religious reasons – you want your children to learn from a faith perspective?
• You want to remove your child from the physical environment and influences of the public school?
• For health or some other reason, your child is unable to attend school?
• Frustration with the long hours that traditional public school requires, including the homework?
• To alleviate some of the stress you are observing, particularly in you highschool student’s life because of the demands and expectations place upon them?

Having given thought to why you want to homeschool, let’s take a quick look at the advantages and disadvantages of choosing an online government school or public brick & mortar charter school as a distance learning option. Read the rest of this entry »

Parents sit up and take notice – according to the NEA, one of this country’s most powerful unions and lobbying groups, parents are unable to provide an adequate education for their children. Honest, that’s what they said. Geesh, our we incapable because most homeschooling parents were educated by the government schools, i.e. public education, and therefore not equipped to educate our own kids – just a thought.

But, before we get to the home school resolution, let’s first take a look at a statement made in resolution A-4, “Parental Involvement” : Read the rest of this entry »