Homeschooling High School – Which Curriculum is Right For Your Child?

Now that you have decided to home school your child, you face the daunting task of deciding which high school curriculum you will adopt to enhance your child’s final years of pre-college study. This is a critical task given the competitive nature of college admissions and especially scholarships and grants. And if your child is not going on to college, you need to think about adding some type of a vocational component to your curriculum.

Your decision is not an easy one. There are a variety of curriculum focuses. One website reviewed by this author listed 26! There are: Montessori, religion based, classical, unit studies, Waldorf, Sonlight, and many others. You need to consider also whether you will want secular or religious-based education for your child. Of course, this process can be short circuited by selecting a homeschooling high school which suits your needs.

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And you also want to continue working full-time so that you can have an easier time paying pay off the fees?

If this sounds like your situation, you need to be sure you know what you are getting yourself in for before making the final decision. This full-time work, part-time studies strategy sounds really good in theory, but you will definitely face a lot of different challenges once you are in the thick of things.

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The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) specifically determines the quality of teachers in a school as one of the basis for high school rankings. According to the provisions of NCLB, teachers are required to be highly qualified to teach core academic curriculum, and are required to prove their competency through tests. Teachers need to have a bachelor’s degree and must demonstrate their proficiency through completion of an academic major. Finding such teachers is proving to be easier said than done. Qualified teachers are hard to find and this shortage has inevitable repercussions on high school rankings for those institutions that fail to attract and retain top quality teachers.

High School Rankings and Under Qualified Teachers

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