[codder too]

Bill Bennett may suggest that parents take their children and he indeed does offer a K-12 program which is designed for Home School use but....his K12 program is being used in public school systems too, both as an "in house" and "home school" plan.

The caution to parents would be this. "IF" you sign on will your child be required to take mandated state ASSESSMENTS? If the answer is yes, you haven't accomplished your goal of removing your child from the public system. Read the small print carefully.

[netmilsmom]

There is more to what parents are looking for than just getting away from government tests. I am a charter school parent in MI. I dealt with the "Lord of the Rings" schoolyard and hated it. I want my daughters to be taught to my standards and morals, as well as the other children in the school. I don't care if they test her every year, I care that they learn the basics to succeed on the tests. She is learning Latin, and is doing the math and reading in K that the district schools in our area are starting in 1st grade. If I could put her into one of Bill Bennet's charters, which are connected to his K12 curriculum, I would do it in a heartbeat (my nephew in Ohio has his son working through K12's Ohio Virtual Elementary, it is great). Pitifully these are only available through a few states and mine is not one.
I understand that some homeschooling parents want to "unschool" but many of us choose other paths that just want to avoid the loonies in the district schools. God Bless Education Choice.