Thank you for clarifying this. I’m against CC and see home schooling as a good option. Not for everyone of course but those who are able and willing to put the time in for their kids; it’s great!
home schooling - and now combined with online schools - even here in Maine! - are a win-win combination.
I moved home from Calif. over 30 years ago - to make sure my little girl didn’t go to those schools out there - only to find the same ‘curriculum here - the Federal Dept of Ed. needs to be abolished. (Reagan knew this, promised it, but failed to carry through. My biggest disappointment in him. So much of what we are suffering today is a direct result of that failure.)
Also, homeschooling was illegal - could result in having your kids taken by the state - and/or you jailed.
Fortunately, at the same time, a private Christian school opened just a block from my house and I had her there until 10th grade, when the school closed.
But I was MAD - and went on the war path. I wrote a ‘letter to the ed’ that got picked up far and wide, started my own organization (Families For Freedom) - got contacted and then
‘umbrella-ed’ with groups in state and national - had conferences, forums, bill in state house - conf. in DC when Reagan was President (and he was our guest of honor/speaker) etc etc -—
the long and short of it all - Homeschooling in Maine became legal and is now one of the strongest and safest states for it.
When you home school - you get ‘teachers manuals’ along with the books, giving you total instructions for day to day classes... You have homeschool groups in your state to connect with for advice, get-togethers and group activities/trips for kids.
You also have access to legal advice/protection that will assure your right to homeschool. (and the watch word is, in the first place - do not ASK permission to homeschool. it’s your RIGHT. You may likely have to comply to testing periodically - but that usually shows the home educated kid are FAR and above the “publick” school kids.
There are also a plethora of history documents online that you can assign or watch together with your kid(s) - and then give them a list of questions to answer - or assign them to do further research on: For ex: Nat’l Geographic’s “Lewis & Clark”.
The payback for homeschooling (that only takes about 2 hours a day)? Cementing bonds with your kids/family that will be unbreakable.
ALSO, home schooled kids are far more likely to get college scholarships. Colleges LOVE them!
Go for it. Own you family’s life.
But Common Core Curriculum and all the standardized tests, including the SATs will affect homeschooling students too.