How do I know if a home school is not a scam?

Question

Ive heard the is a way you can check online. There is a list of schools that are lagitamit. Im looking in2 home schooling and I dont want to be scammed. Any body know of any really good home schools?

Answer 1

home schooled means you are at HOME, getting schooled.  how can that be a scam?

Answer 2

Homeschooling has traditionally been an endeavor where the parents themselves took the role of the teacher. More and more a new form of homeschooling is appearing as private tutors, private schools, and public schools are using the tools of the internet to deliver instruction right to the home. The parents can decide what subjects they want to teach and what subjects they want to hire out.

From your question, I assume that you are looking into using one of these online programs or an online tutor. Word of mouth is the best way to know if you will get your money's worth. Many non-accreditated online courses and noncertified instructors are incredibly good while many with accreditation and certification are not as good a value. Begin first with finding online forums where the users of the tutor or program gather. You will generally hear the good, the bad, and the ugly about a program at sites like these. For instance, if you are looking into a virtual school using the K12 curriculum go to the K12users Yahoo forum. If you are looking into Calvert, do a search with the words Calvert and Yahoo Group.

If you are specifically looking for an accredited school and you are worried that they are claiming to have accreditation that they don't have, go to the website of the organization that they say accredited it. There should be a list of schools they have approved. If not, contact them and ask if the school is on their list.

Answer 3

Any of those over 15 years are legit.

Some go back to the early 1900s.

Home school is about what you learn

To get into college you need to learn

Alegbra

Geometry

Trig

History

Geography

Biology

Chemistry

Physics

Language (foreign and domestic)

General Science

If it does this, then it's legit.

A program either teaches you something or it doesn't.

Taking a Proficency test that is commonly accepted at grade 10 will tell you where you stand.

MOST American students are below 10 on that test.

If you are 10 or above you are doing ok.

Answer 4

In being homeschooled, someone else teaches you, or maybe you can teach yourself. How is that not legit? :-)

However, if you're talking about online homeschooling, then I can see why you could be somewhat nervous. But if you're talking about the type of schooling off of the computer, don't worry.

Answer 5

it's legitimate, and you're talking about cyber-schooling, which is not the same as home schooling.

k12.org is legitimate

Keystone is legitimate

Connections Academy is legitimate

Answer 6

One way that you can check is to check under contact information and see if the school provides a mailing address. If it only provides 800 or 866 phone numbers and email addresses with no mailing address, then it is most likely a scam.

I used a cyber-school called Keystone National High School for half a semester last year. It was a pretty good school for what it was, although I find that I prefer eclectic homeschooling. You should try checking it out. http://www.keystonehighschool.com/

Answer 7

Yes they are called private schools

Answer 8

I thought homeschool meant you didnt have a school? Are you trying to ask if your parents are your legitamit parents?

Answer 9

The definition of a true home school is, parents teaching their children at home; they are the instructors, they choose the curriculum, the time, and place.

How can that be a scam?

Home schooling on line is often called home schooling because you are doing some sort of "school at home"

That is not home schooling.

If you want to do on-line schooling you have to make sure you sign up with a credible on-line academy, and there are many; these are not scams, and have been around for decades.

Just do the home work before signing on

Just put on-line, or home-school academies in your search area.

Answer 10

ummm....no not really! i'm not home schooled!