New Home Schooling Information
Update for readers of The Home School Manual
Appendix sections A to C


  A - Service Providers
  B - High School Instructional Programs
  C - US National Home Schooling Organizations and other Information
 
 


Appendix A - Service Providers

Free-Ed.Net This site really does provide courses that students can go through on their own and often with the source material (to replace textbooks) on line, too. They also have links to learning sites and information. There are gaps in what they offer since the site is developing. Courses from this type of service need to chosen to help meet your educational goals and supervised carefully. Learning well means hard work and this "school" agrees. http://www.free-ed.net.

Harcourt Learning Direct 925 Oak St., Cranton, PA . Associate decree courses, high school, and many individual technical programs are offered such as in  air conditioning & refrigeration, travel agency, pluming, bookkeeping, high school, landscaping, pharmacy technician, etc. This is apparently a school that has been around for a long time, but with a new name. When I was in contact with them, they where offering quality instruction. Programs are for learning at home. , ext 1084. http://www.harcourt-learning.com.

Hewitt Homeschooling Resources New website is http://www.hewitthomeschooling.com but as this is added (end of April, 2000), it is not in full operation. The old site still seems to be valid. The new e-mail is info You can use this to request a catalog.

HomeSat Satellite video school from Bob Jones University. You purchase the satellite receiving equipment for around $300, then pay a monthly access fee depending on what you want. ;http://www.homesat.com - hsatinfo Also see Academy of Home Education.

Homeschool.com "Your Virtual Home School." Learn and find links for learning through this website. Of course they are happy to sell you products, too. http://www.homeschool.com/For example, they are sponsoring a connection with Dr. Robert Ballard, a science explorer who set up the Jason project.

k12 A correspondence program now for grades K-2. I haven't reviewed it but you can sample lessons see for yourself www.k12.com. Or call .

Silver State Adventist School On-line High School, 1090 Bresson Ave. Reno, NV 89502; ; info - www.silverstate.org. Features: competency-based curriculum, team learning, portfolio assessment, live video, two-way audio, web publishing, individual e-mail account. Affiliated with Rio Lindo Academy. Students attend classes by internet.

WebschoolingA site of links that looks interesting. http://www.webschooling.com/


Appendix B, High School Distance Education

Babbage Net School A serious-business virtual school with teachers. Designed for students who are enrolled in a high school and are not able or permitted to be at school. www.BabbageNetSchool.com/index_home.html. P.O. Box 517, Port Jefferson, NY 11777, Phone/Fax: , babbage.

University of Phoenix Does not offer high school work but they are quite active and you might want to know about them for college. They offer courses in areas for which being on campus is less important: Accounting, Administration, Business, Education, Management, Marketing, Nursing/Healthcare, Technology. http://online.uophx.edu. . Fax: . University of Phoenix Online, PO Box 52031, Phoenix, AZ .

For those of you who don't have the CD or the book, a number of the schools in Appendix A serve high school students.
 
 


Appendix C, General Organizations Serving Home Schools

National Homeschool Association has been dissolved (9/15/00). This inclusive organization has served faithfully for ten years, defending the rights of home schooling and providing information. We all owe the group's leaders our gratitude.
 
 




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