Lucille
05-20-2010, 11:53 AM
My kid just finished his 7th grade year through K12 online (http://www.k12.com/). It's public, but they also offer private schooling.
I just wanted to say how much we loved it, and I highly recommend it to anyone who is thinking about homeschooling but hesitates for whatever reason. You can see sample previews of the online portions of specific classes (science is the one that sticks out in my mind)
That is not to say the history (Joy Hakim texts) and science (AGW) material didn't have its biases, but much less than you would find in a public school. And with me being the "Learning Coach" (as opposed to the "Teacher" (which he had, but only met with her via mail, elluminate sessions and on the phone) we were able to talk things through.
Being a public school, the amount of time a kid has to work is set. As a 7th grader, he had to put in 30 hrs/week, with 45 minutes/day being allotted for PE.
I was really surprised at how little I had to do! We had discussion questions every day in courses like Lit, History and Science, I'd grade his tests, compositions, do Science labs with him (my favorite!) keep track of his attendance, and help him if he had trouble w/ algebra or whatever (rare, but even then, he could go to elluminate and get tutoring if he needed to).
Anyways, I'm kind of sad today! He misses his friends from school and he has decided to give brick and mortar another shot. We're registering him for a charter school (where my oldest went to HS, which is expanding into a middle school as well) for the fall, but if he hates it, we'll go back to K12 without hesitation. I would much prefer to keep homeschooling him, but a part of me suspects he'll end up back in K12 anyway next year.
Questions, comments? Hit me!
I just wanted to say how much we loved it, and I highly recommend it to anyone who is thinking about homeschooling but hesitates for whatever reason. You can see sample previews of the online portions of specific classes (science is the one that sticks out in my mind)
That is not to say the history (Joy Hakim texts) and science (AGW) material didn't have its biases, but much less than you would find in a public school. And with me being the "Learning Coach" (as opposed to the "Teacher" (which he had, but only met with her via mail, elluminate sessions and on the phone) we were able to talk things through.
Being a public school, the amount of time a kid has to work is set. As a 7th grader, he had to put in 30 hrs/week, with 45 minutes/day being allotted for PE.
I was really surprised at how little I had to do! We had discussion questions every day in courses like Lit, History and Science, I'd grade his tests, compositions, do Science labs with him (my favorite!) keep track of his attendance, and help him if he had trouble w/ algebra or whatever (rare, but even then, he could go to elluminate and get tutoring if he needed to).
Anyways, I'm kind of sad today! He misses his friends from school and he has decided to give brick and mortar another shot. We're registering him for a charter school (where my oldest went to HS, which is expanding into a middle school as well) for the fall, but if he hates it, we'll go back to K12 without hesitation. I would much prefer to keep homeschooling him, but a part of me suspects he'll end up back in K12 anyway next year.
Questions, comments? Hit me!