Setting up a traditional high school course schedule can be difficult. Many students struggle to create schedules that include all of the courses they are required to take to meet state and local requirements, and still have time in the day to take courses they might actually be interested in taking! Many times, students try [...]

As school budgets get tighter and tighter, more schools are looking to ways to maximize every dollar. Often, that means only funding classes that are fully enrolled. Foreign language classes, especially at the higher levels, are often smaller classes filled with only a handful of students. Many schools are looking at distance learning technologies as [...]

One of the common concerns of many parents when they are considering homeschooling their child is that their child may not get to socialize with other children. It is however a fact that most children who are receiving homeschooling are not being isolated from society but it is just that they are receiving their education [...]

Many students with autism, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), or Asperger’s Syndrome find traditional high schools both frustrating and overwhelming. Typically, children with ASD or Asperger’s Syndrome are intelligent students with who can develop a keen interest in a particular subject. Often, they are not well rounded, but would like to take advanced classes the subject [...]

In the past, the image you might have had in your mind for summer school was a sweltering classroom full of disinterested students, going over material they should have learned during the previous school year. The bell rings, the students erupt, happy to be set free!
Summer school has changed dramatically since the days where students [...]

Many families that include children with autism, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), or Asperger’s Syndrome make the choice to homeschool their children. They can make the choice for a variety of very personal reasons, but the majority of families choose homeschooling because it provides a safe environment for their children. It allows them to teach their [...]

Home schooling is the method whereby children are educated at home, instead of in a more traditional public or private school setting. Most often, the teacher in a home school situation is the parent of that child.
There are two sides to the home schooling debate. Those who are opposed to home schooling feel that it [...]

One of the limitations of traditional schooling is the classroom setting. Most traditional school classrooms are run by one teacher who has a particular teaching style. Good teachers try to vary their teaching styles and try to incorporate as many different learning styles as they can into their daily lessons. But often, students who have [...]

Students often find that they have a particular interest or a special talent they want to spend time developing. Often, especially during high school, this creates a time crunch. Traditional schooling doesn’t allow much flexibility for students who have a particular talent or interest, such as acting. Many students who are also actors opt for [...]

Homeschooling used to be the standard in education, rather than an unusual occurrence. Most families educated their children at home and focused on the skills necessary for their child to meet the demands of his job and station in society. That changed with the development of the one room school house, where one teacher would [...]