Michigan Home Schooling?

Question

Over the past week I have asked many questions on yahoo answers, it has became my source for information as many people ask and respond on it. Anyone this question may be one of the most important. I am Junior now and really trying to get serious about my education. I currently reside in Detroit and their school system is just terrible. Every year its the same drama, same problems. Even though I just started school I can tell its going to be the same. The past year Michigan closed down several DPS. All the students from that area had to go to different schools, this means a number of gangs together. So my mom asked me if I wanted to be home schooled, of course we know nothing about it and I felt it was no better place to ask then YahooAnswers. Some of the questions we asked today are;

1. How do you get started.

2. How do colleges look at your if your home schooled.

3. Where do you purchase books.

I may ask some more questions as I do more research, thanks in advance everyone.

Answer 1

1. How do you get started.

how do you get started eh...? well first you have to get books and other simple utencils and get junior grade books.

2. How do colleges look at your if your home schooled.

i really cant answer this because i've never been homeschooled.

3. Where do you purchase books

www.cheapbooks.com          wonderful site for elementary/highschool books.

Answer 2

start at hslda.org know the laws of your state before you proceed! then find a curriculum

colleges are recruiting home schoolers these days and are more likely to look at your ACT or SAT score more than a diploma public school or not.

You can find books all over the place just google home school curriculum's and you will be overwhelmed with it. The questions you need to ask are what kind of education do you want? Do you want a Christian education or a Secular? Do you like to read a lot or would you prefer to write? are you a hands on person or can you learn well by just seeing it? For a few great programs try  www.snolight.com or www.schooloftomorrow.com I've also heard a lot about Penn Foster High, Christian Liberty Press, ACE has the Lighthouse academy (the second website is ACE) I believe those are mostly on-line programs but check them out

Answer 3

It's great that you want to take more responsibility for your education, and that you want to get out of a bad environment.  Here's a link to a chart showing how to homeschool in MI: http://www.hslda.org/laws/default.asp?St...

Here's a .pdf file that gives a current legal analysis of homeschooling in MI: http://www.hslda.org/laws/analysis/Michi...

I would also really recommend getting in touch with some homeschool groups in your area, as they will be able to give you more specific information as well as options like co op classes, social outlets, and volunteer/leadership opportunities.  I'm not familiar with the Detroit metro area, but if you google "Detroit homeschool groups" you will find several links, some of which should be in your area.

Colleges look very favorably on homeschooling, as long as your transcripts/records are in order (and show that you did the appropriate level of work) and your SAT/ACT scores are within their range.  Many colleges and universities are actively courting homeschoolers, even giving grants and scholarships specifically for homeschool grads.  Several even offer concurrent enrollment, offering you the chance to graduate high school with your Associates degree.  Here is a link that gives great info about putting together a transcript.

http://oklahomahomeschool.com/trans1.htm...

And here is more info, from a homeschooling mom of multiple grads, on homeschooling high school:

http://oklahomahomeschool.com/highsch.ht...

You can get your books from any number of places, though I would suggest starting here (as almost everything is at a discount): http://rainbowresource.com/index.php

You can send for their free catalog, it's the size of a phone book and will give you tons of choices for all levels, subjects, and learning styles.

Some curricula you may want to look into:

http://trisms.com/

http://www.writing-edu.com/

http://www.videotext.com/homeschool.htm

http://www.sonlight.com/

There are lots more out there, of course, but these are some that I highly recommend.  If you would like to go with getting everything from the same company, these are two of the top "boxed" curriculum providers:

http://www.abeka.com/

http://www.bjupress.com/webapp/wcs/store...

There are other options of course, but this should get you started :-)  Good luck!