Online Home School Options
Below is a list of many of the online home schooling options available.
If you haven't already looked over our page on What To Look For In Online Home Schooling,
I would encourage you to do so. On it you'll find the steps to finding a good online
home school option for your child:
- Decide if you want one class or an entire program
- Determine if you want the classes taught in real time or available anytime
- Find out what to look for in an online home school or class.
I've divided the listings into those that are faith-based and those that are secular.
Online Home Schooling Options
Clicking on the links will take you to more information related to the school, and from there you can click directly to the online home schooling resource you are interested in. Happy looking!
ALEKS Online Math Courses
Worldview: Secular
Age: Elementary to high school
Teaching type: Online course with computerized guidance. Basically a computerized tutor, but with highly effective programming. As their website says,
"Through adaptive questioning, ALEKS accurately assesses a student's knowledge state and then delivers targeted instruction on the topics a student is most ready to learn."
Accredited: No.
Only individual courses.
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Worldview: Protestant
Age: K-12
Teaching type: Independent learning with occasional academic assistance; an Enhanced Student Services option provides a
"teacher-directed" class.
Curriculum type: Either print-based work texts or computer-based Switched-On-Schoolhouse (SOS).
Accredited: Yes.
Full program option.
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Bob Jones HomeSat
Worldview: Protestant
Age: K-12
Teaching and curriculum type: Two options:
- BJ HomeSat: Courses and lots of other resources delivered either by DVD or satellite. Student watches the class and does the work, and the parent corrects the work.
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BJ LINC: Courses are offered live via satellite with this Live Interactive Network Classroom. Includes secondary, college-level and Bible study courses as well as MBA program.
Accredited: No, though their website says that the schools serviced by BJ LINC are accredited.
Full program option.
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Worldview: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Age: Middle school, high school, college and adult education courses
Teaching Type: Modular, work at your own pace.
Curriculum type: Online curriculum including some teacher-graded assignments. The materials can be either print-based or web-based.
Accredited: The high school courses are accredited.
Full program option.
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Calvert School
Worldview: Secular
Age: Pre-Kindergarten-8
Teaching and curriculum type: Several options:
- Calvert Classic: traditional format with books, workbooks, flexible pacing, education counselors
- Calvert Online: (6th-8th grade) Daily, online, prerecorded instsruction by a Calvert instructor with online assessments and other Calvert Classic materials.
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Calvert Virtual Academy: (6-8th grade) Daily, online, live instruction by a Calvert Virtual Academy Online Instructor.
Set schedule and students remain with a class throughout the year. Comes with other Calvert Classic materials.
Accredited: Yes
Full program option.
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Christa McAuliffe Academy
Worldview: Secular
Age: K-12
Teaching type: Independent learning and/or discussion classes
Curriculum type:Depends on the student's age.
- Elementary school: Uses Compass Learning's The Learning Odyssey.
Comprehensive, individualized curriculum delivered entirely over the Internet.
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High school: Online courses where you can go at your own pace. Mentors provide counseling, assessment and support to students.
Also has weekly online classes to provide an opportunity for group discussion with peers or for students to present lessons or projects.
Accredited: Yes.
Full program option.
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Christian Academy of America
Worldview: Protestant
Age: K-12
Teaching and curriculum type: Offers either print-based (Accelerated Christian Education's PACEs) or computer-based Switched-On-Schoolhouse.
Progress is monitored by the staff and parental support is provided.
Accredited: Yes
Full program option.
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Colorado Virtual Academy
Worldview: Secular. Virtual public charter school.
Age: K-12
Teaching type: K-8 the parents are the primary teachers. Teacher interaction comes through phone conferences, parent-teacher workshops and other means.
Curriculum type: Based on K12 online curriculum.
Accredited: Yes.
Full program option.
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CompuHigh Online Accredited High School
Worldview: Secular
Age: High School
Teaching type:Each course has a teacher, though students work at their own pace.
Curriculum type: Web-based.
Accredited:Yes.
Full program option.
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Connections Academy
Worldview: Secular. A form of free public school at home
Age: K-10
Teaching type: Online course with curriculum developed by Calvert School, Prentice-Hall, online BrainPop and Hooked on Phonics, as well as their own curriculum.
Teachers help students to review assignments or provide extra help.
Accredited: Yes.
Full program option.
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E-Tutor Online
Worldview: Secular
Age: K-12
Teaching and Curriculum type: Several options:
- Independent Study Program: Access to learning modules with automatically graded quizzes and exams.
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Guided Study Program: Direct contact with a tutor each week for guided study, special parent login for tracking of progress, expanded access to e-Tutor modules.
Accredited: Yes.
Full program option.
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Eagle Christian School
Worldview: Protestant
Age: Junior high, high school
Teaching type: Teacher and peer interaction; work somewhat at own pace.
Curriculum type: Books and online resources.
Accredited: Yes.
Full program option.
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ED Anywhere
Worldview: Secular
Age: K-8 for supplemental technology courses, high school for courses or complete program.
Teaching type: Individualized, self-paced, web-based materials that are graded by a teacher.
Accredited: Yes.
Full program option for high school.
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Escondido Tutorial Service
There are several tutorial services available through this site including Oxford Tutorial Services, SCHOLA Classical Tutorials and others.
Worldview: Protestant
Age: Not stated, but best for high schoolers or advanced junior high schoolers.
Teaching type: Online classes in real-time. Interactive with the teacher and students. Several different classically-based classes are offered
(Great Books, Shakespeare, History, Greek and others)
Curriculum type: Books and other materials.
Accredited: No.
Offers only individual classes.
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Florida Virtual High School
Worldview: Secular. A form of free public school at home.
Age: K-12
Teaching type: Online web-based materials.
Curiculum type: Web-based.
Accredited: Yes.
Full program option.
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James Madison High School Online
Worldview: Secular
Age: High school (or at least 14).
Teaching type: Self-paced courses, with teachers available to work one-on-one with the student. Some classes have discussion forums.
Curriculum type: Materials are web-based.
Accredited: Yes
Full program option.
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K12
Worldview: Secular
Age: K-12
Teaching type: Offers Homeschool option for parents to do the teaching or Virtual Public School option. Virtual High School courses
have interactive online lessons, access to a student discussion and teacher support. Teacher directed courses.
Curriculum type: Web-based materials along with books, workbooks and instructional materials.
Accredited: Optional, through your local state.
Full program option.
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Keystone High School
Worldview: Secular
Age: High school
Teaching type: Correspondence or Online program (iSchool). One-on-one instruction, self-paced.
Curriculum type: Web-based materials with textbooks and other materials. Online community through forums and extra-curricular activities.
Curriculum type: Materials are either web or print-based.
Accredited: Yes
Full program option.
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King's Way Classical Academy (formerly Classical Free Virtual Academy)
As of this writing they are updating their website so the site is a work in progress. It looks well worth a look.
Worldview: Protestant
Age: Junior high and high school
Teaching type: Several options available.
- Home taught courses are free introductory-level courses you take at your own pace and are computer-graded)
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Monitor taught courses include a monitor who interacts with the students via a forum to answer questions
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Tutor taught courses are taught on a real-time learning environment with online interaction between students and teacher. Fixed starting and ending date.
Accredited: No.
Full program option.
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Laurel Springs
Worldview: Secular
Age: pre-Kindergarten through high school
Teaching type: Depends on the type of curriculum chosen (see below).
Curriculum type: Online and print-based options. Curriculum options vary depending on the age. Includes UC-approved honors courses and special needs offerings.
On and off-line assignments.
- Choice-Based (for pre-Kindergarten through 8th grade).
- Project-Based (for Kindergarten through 8th grade)
- Text-Based (4th-12th)
- Web-Based (4th-12th)
Accredited: Yes
Full program option.
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Lighthouse Christian Academy
The School of Tomorrow's provider for online schooling using their Accelerated Christian Education (A.C.E.) materials.
Worldview: Protestant
Age: K-12
Teaching type: Individualized, mastery-based learning using PACE modules. modules. Back-to-basics curriculum that focuses on providing the student with reasonable
goals and learning that is measurable and rewarded. An advisor is assigned to help provides curriculum advice and evaluations.
Accredited: Yes.
Full program option.
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NorthStar Academy
Worldview: Protestant
Age: Junior high (though the Canadian NorthStar site offers from 5th grade), high school
Teaching type: Teacher and peer interaction in classes; within this, work somewhat at own pace.
Curriculum type: Lessons are created by the teachers rather than web-based or pre-packaged curriculum. Books and other materials.
Accredited: Yes.
Full program option.
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Orange Lutheran High School Online
Worldview: Protestant
Age: High school with dual college enrollment options.
Teaching type: Highly interactive between students and teachers rather than self-study.
Classes are asynchronous (not at a predetermined time), though students are required to log in Monday through Friday.
Curriculum type: Their website says that course material is downloaded from the instructors on a daily basis, which leads
me to believe the materials are most if not all web-based.
Accredited: Yes.
Full program option.
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Pennsylvania Homeschoolers Online AP and SAT Classes
Worldview: Secular
Age: High school
Teaching type: Highly interactive online classes, though asynchronous (you donÍt have to be online at a predetermined time).
Curriculum type: Web and a lot of print-based material.
Accredited: No.
Only individual classes offered. More than a dozen classes offered.
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Red Oak Academy
Worldview: Secular
Age: K-12. Also provides dual enrollment college courses for advanced high schoolers.
Teaching type: Programs for regular and special needs students.
Curriculum type: Live video classes, along with interaction with the teacher on assignments. There are also independent learning courses
where students work at their own pace with guidance from the instructor.
Accredited: Provides state compliance assistance.
Full program option.
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Texas Tech's Online K-12 Diploma Program
Worldview: Secular
Age: Elementary school and up, including dual credit and adult enrichment classes.
Teaching type: Modular. Work at own pace. Independent study.
Curriculum type: Includes print or web-based options.
Accredited: Yes.
Full high school diploma program option.
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Thomson Education Direct (Australia)
Worldview: Secular
Age: High school and up.
Teaching type: Modular. Work at own pace.
Curriculum type: Includes pre-professional training in a variety of fields. Since the website says that there is no need to purchase
expensive textbooks and materials, or conduct library research, I would imagine that it offers mostly web-based materials.
Accredited: Yes, in Australia.
Full program option.
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University of California College Prep Online
Worldview: Secular
Age: High school
Teaching type: Online live tutoring option by a UC undergraduate student using audio, video and whiteboard technologies.
Free college planning resources.
Curriculum type: Most materials are online.
Accredited: Yes.
Full program option.
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University of Nebraska Independent Study High School
Worldview: Secular
Age: High school or dual high school and college credit
Teaching and curriculum type: Variety of course formats (print or online; electronically graded or graded by a teacher).
Advisors answer questions about course sequences, choosing courses and other administrative areas, and proctors are needed for more academic supervision.
Accredited: Yes.
Full program option.
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University of Oklahoma Center for Independent and Distance Learning
Worldview: Secular
Age: High school or dual high school and college credit
Teaching type: Instructors grade lessons and exams; proctors are needed for exams. You can work at your own pace.
Curriculum type: Online or print-based curriculum with exams.
Accredited: Yes.
Full program option.
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Veritas Press Scholars Online
Worldview: Protestant
Age: Some classes for grade 4 through high school
Teaching type: Teachers work closely with students in each class.
Curriculum type: Web and print-based, with many books used.
Accredited: Not at this time.
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Virtual High School
Worldview: Secular
Age: High school
Teaching type: Teachers work closely with students in each class; students interact with each other in forums; work usually due on a weekly basis.
VHS is designed to assist local schools and is not designed as a cyberschool.
Curriculum type: Mostly web-based, though there may be some print-based materials.
Accredited: By the local school.
Students can take up to three courses at one time.
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