Homeschooling....

Thinking about it for year after next to take advantage of dual enrollment for my high schooler.
 
From my point of view, I think some of that 18% is kids who couldnt hack it at 'regular' virtual school, so their parents tried the online homeschool programs. Saw a lot of students who failed EVERYTHING that went homeschool this past year.

I know of about ten or twelve that I 'taught' this year that went homeschool route
Just wanted to give one reason for higher homeschool numbers in the past year
And Id be interested in seeing how the numbers look in one year from now, if they stay the same, or drop approximately 18%
 
cubrock said:
Long-timers here. Two graduated, two still in. All we've ever done. Well, my wife does 99% of it. I can't take credit for much other than funding it.
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We have 6. Two out now. Yes, my wife does 99% of it.

HMP said:
From my point of view, I think some of that 18% is kids who couldnt hack it at 'regular' virtual school, so their parents tried the online homeschool programs. Saw a lot of students who failed EVERYTHING that went homeschool this past year.

I know of about ten or twelve that I 'taught' this year that went homeschool route
Just wanted to give one reason for higher homeschool numbers in the past year
And Id be interested in seeing how the numbers look in one year from now, if they stay the same, or drop approximately 18%
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Interesting perspective. I would also be interested in tracking the numbers. Below is growth of HS in NC (does not take into account COVID year):

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No doubt COVID is a big part of the jump over the past 18 months.
 
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Chuckman said:
We have 6. Two out now. Yes, my wife does 99% of it.



Interesting perspective. I would also be interested in tracking the numbers. Below is growth of HS in NC (does not take into account COVID year):

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No doubt COVID is a big part of the jump over the past 18 months.
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Yeah, just be interesting to see how the numbers play out.
I just know of a lot of kids that I personally taught (all were juniors, regular kids, not EC not honors/AP etc) that dropped out or were dropped that went the 'homeschool' route
I hope it worked out for them, but, sadly, I dont have a ton of faith in these that Im thinking of.

Also, my OCD hates your graph and how its two years each year until the last two but yet the scale didnt change.
 
HMP said:
Yeah, just be interesting to see how the numbers play out.
I just know of a lot of kids that I personally taught (all were juniors, regular kids, not EC not honors/AP etc) that dropped out or were dropped that went the 'homeschool' route
I hope it worked out for them, but, sadly, I dont have a ton of faith in these that Im thinking of.

Also, my OCD hates your graph and how its two years each year until the last two but yet the scale didnt change.
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One thing is certain; the last year has sure been a paradigm shift in education. HS takes extraordinary parental involvement for most people, but it largely follows the bell curve: some kids need no 'teaching' and can self-learn, some need extreme oversight, but most kids do OK. I am not sure what the answer is for those kids who do poorly in public school, and go into homeschool with a lack of parental governance/teaching and still do not do well.
 
My daughter started out in "traditional" home schooling and the transitioned to virtual schooling with Connections Academy. It's one of the state sponsored programs. We started years ago in NC and made a smooth transition into SC. We love it. Last year one of the grads got a full ride to Duke. We discovered a lot of the kids were those involved in a lot of other activities like sports or like one girl who was a competitive pianist and traveled a lot. The program allows students flexible hours. Sometimes, my daughter would work ahead. Other times she would have to play catch up. But, she had that flexibility. This was all pre-COVID and one thing that frustrated us was when schools shut down, they made her and the other Connections students STOP classes. They said it was unfair to other regular students!!??
 
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We (read "my wife") home schooled or the sons all the way through high school. Looking back the only change is we would have been more strict about timeliness. They knew their workload for the week, we didn't care when they worked on it, as long as they got it done. Bosses don't like that very much.
My eldest was the youngest to graduate NC State as an ME, he's in high end sales.
My second has built his own business.
My third is an excellent artist that just completed a contract for a new Disney series, and got a deal yesterday to illustrate a book for one of the ladies from the Cosby show.
Home school worked for us.

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Homeschooled our (only) son through the middle school years.
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Are you qualified to teach?
 
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Chuckman said:
We have 6. Two out now. Yes, my wife does 99% of it.



Interesting perspective. I would also be interested in tracking the numbers. Below is growth of HS in NC (does not take into account COVID year):

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No doubt COVID is a big part of the jump over the past 18 months.
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Note that that graph looks like the number of homeschools, not students.
 
JimP42 said:
Note that that graph looks like the number of homeschools, not students.
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The state attributes 1.6 per homeschool, so that would be about 179,000 students. Another agency thinks it's closer to 2.5/HS, so that's just north of 280,000.

When our kids get to HS we dual enroll at Liberty Univ. I try to stay away from anything state-sponsored, but I do see why parents would enroll in middle college.
 
Daughter homeschools 4 one just finished hs starting college. Son homeschools 3. She absolutely loves it. He is getting into the groove; he's only been doing it 2 years. Kids are all doing well.
 
I've got mixed feelings on it. I completely understand the desire to do so, but on the flip side, those who have played the home game tend to stick out like a sore thumb once they've entered the real world. I work with a couple 20somethings who were homeschooled and they really do lack the social/interaction skills that most other people just pick up naturally from 12+ years of normal education.

Our daughter is super excited to start kindergarten next year. I don't think I'd be able to take that away from her.

Our local school system is pretty good, all things considered. I'm hopeful that she'll continue to be as voracious of a leaner as she is now, which should land her on the early college track.

We don't have any private/charter schools around here worth talking about. The one in town is more preoccupied with indoctrinating the kids with their particular brand of fundamentalist christianity, and the one south of town is more expensive than my undergrad was.
 
Sigogglin said:
I've got mixed feelings on it. I completely understand the desire to do so, but on the flip side, those who have played the home game tend to stick out like a sore thumb once they've entered the real world. I work with a couple 20somethings who were homeschooled and they really do lack the social/interaction skills that most other people just pick up naturally from 12+ years of normal education.

Our daughter is super excited to start kindergarten next year. I don't think I'd be able to take that away from her.

Our local school system is pretty good, all things considered. I'm hopeful that she'll continue to be as voracious of a leaner as she is now, which should land her on the early college track.

We don't have any private/charter schools around here worth talking about. The one in town is more preoccupied with indoctrinating the kids with their particular brand of fundamentalist christianity, and the one south of town is more expensive than my undergrad was.
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There are lots of reasons to do it, or not to do it. The socialization argument is a non-starter, that's been disproven time and again. For some people, it is an issue. For 99% it is not.

If we didn't HS we'd go the private school route, but you are right, they are expensive as hell.
 
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We officially homeschool, but make heavy use of our local co-op for in-person instruction with other homeschool kid 2 days/week.
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Co-ops can be great resources. We have used them a lot.
 
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This is a great example of the compromise between private,Homeschool. My daughter is in school Monday, Tuesday and Thursday then homeschooled Wednesday and Friday with a good outline from the teachers. This school was started in 2010 and the parent involvement has been so great that it's went from using two different churches facilities to purchasing and building a real campus.
 
With so many co-op groups and also Facebook homeschooling groups. The social aspect is sufficient. My wife is part of 2 or 3 I think and there are always meet ups and group activities.

My brother pulled his 4 kids out of public last year. While they always maintained an ear to the ground with their learnings. They were taken back by how much their kids did NOT know for their grade level and age. But yet all the reports from school said they were on track.

Not to mention the sjw nowhere near appropriate for their 9,11 and 13 year old, and they would come home talking about those things because either the teachers or other kids with phones and social media would show them.
 
Sigogglin said:
I've got mixed feelings on it. I completely understand the desire to do so, but on the flip side, those who have played the home game tend to stick out like a sore thumb once they've entered the real world. I work with a couple 20somethings who were homeschooled and they really do lack the social/interaction skills that most other people just pick up naturally from 12+ years of normal education.

Our daughter is super excited to start kindergarten next year. I don't think I'd be able to take that away from her.

Our local school system is pretty good, all things considered. I'm hopeful that she'll continue to be as voracious of a leaner as she is now, which should land her on the early college track.

We don't have any private/charter schools around here worth talking about. The one in town is more preoccupied with indoctrinating the kids with their particular brand of fundamentalist christianity, and the one south of town is more expensive than my undergrad was.
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On the flip side, how many kids come out of government run schools with issues far worse than lack of social skills?
 
Five of my six grandchildren were in Private Christian Schools. The youngest will be home schooled this comming year.
The garbage that public schools are perpetrating on our kids is a travesty! The indoctrination in the public school system Is becoming a western version of the midddle-eastern Madrassa!
First it was common core, then revisionist history and now Critical Race Theory BULL SHIT.
Then there are the Teacher’s Unions / School Boards…Don’t even get me started me started on those idiots!
I wouldn’t wiz in their mouths if their teeth were on fire!!😡
 
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