xdragr Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 Anyone using the k12 as their home schooling for their kiddos? I notice families doing homeschooling but looks like it is the tradition way. If using k12 will you shoot me your opinions? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinsa Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 It is not homeschooling in the usual meaning of the word. K12 is an online PUBLIC SCHOOL. As such, you are considered a public school student when you enroll, and you are subjected to all the regulations. schedules, and scopes and sequences of the public school system. In short, you lose all your autonomy. Definitely not my cup of tea, but it works for some people. Stephen & Karen and our six boys, ages 21, 21, 19, 17, 14, & 11 Stephen - Military retiree (as of summer 2012) & current DOI employee (Big Bend National Park) Karen - Homeschooling stay-at-home mom & veteran San Antonio, Texas Fulltimed May 2013 - July 2014 (yes, all eight of us!) Open Range "Rolling Thunder" (H396RGR - fifth wheel toy hauler bunkhouse) - SOLD Ford F-350 diesel dually - for the camper Ford E-350 fifteen passenger van - for the crew Our unfinished travel blog: http://coach-and-six.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinsa Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 PS - I really think it's disingenuous for these types on online public schools to call themselves "homeschool programs". They're not, plain and simple. They are online public schools. Stephen & Karen and our six boys, ages 21, 21, 19, 17, 14, & 11 Stephen - Military retiree (as of summer 2012) & current DOI employee (Big Bend National Park) Karen - Homeschooling stay-at-home mom & veteran San Antonio, Texas Fulltimed May 2013 - July 2014 (yes, all eight of us!) Open Range "Rolling Thunder" (H396RGR - fifth wheel toy hauler bunkhouse) - SOLD Ford F-350 diesel dually - for the camper Ford E-350 fifteen passenger van - for the crew Our unfinished travel blog: http://coach-and-six.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcharrette Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 We home school our 10 year old and use time 4 Learning. We've been happy with it: www.time4learning.com Randy Charrette 2014 Kodiak 240BHSL www.pedaladventures.com (our travels) www.axelproject.com (our non-profit) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmergen Posted November 21, 2015 Report Share Posted November 21, 2015 We've utilized K12 for the last few months and we love it. It's not "unschooling" by any means....but it presents the material in several different formats which really seems to help our 9 year old daughter. I would like to point out that I know a number of others utilizing it and none of them are subject to the same regulations. schedules, and scopes and sequences of the public school system as mentioned. Now in our county, if we were wanting K12 for free, then yes, the students are tested and follow the normal school year.....but as we opted to pay for K12 ourselves, we can mix and match classes and/or grades and follow any schedule we want, we can add to the curriculum or skip parts if we choose, and are not required to take the standardized tests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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