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I know you are able to home school your children but is it possible to school others as well?

hi jill i was actually just woundering. the site helped answer my questions thank you.

I believe that even though public schools are getting to be scary it is very important for our children to be with other students and develop a social life because this prepares them for the outside world

Hi April. I'm a homeschool mom. I also lead a co-op, where I get to "teach" other kids in the co-op. In this format(depending on the co-op) no certification is required in my state. It was through this experience, I decided to go back to school for myself. A person only needs to hold an associate paraprofessional degree to be recognized as a tutor. I played with the thought for a few months, but decided to go for a Bachelor's. I'm taking classes through a distance learning program. So I still get to be with my kids, and participate in the co-op. I will soon have an in-home daycare up and running, this will be the beginning of an after/during school program. During the day I will provide daycare that meets the needs of homeschoolers that must work outside their homes. No, it wont restrict enrollment, all children will be accepted. But it will be run with many of the same philosphies, and goals as that of many homeschoolers. Afternoons and early evenings, an after school program for kids to get extra help with homework, lesson, and projects; or just a place to kick back,relax, and be a kid.
So, yes you can do both, at least I'm going to try. I'm keeping a blog on the process, http://edgyk8inmomma.blogspot.com/ , We'll see in about 3 years. :)
Good luck with what ever you chose.
Stefany

I had actually started this question with curiosity but in the last 2 months my mother and sister came to stay with us to get away from her husband and since it was late in the year and my sister was pretty much failing i decided to homeschool her to catch her up thinking being her sister i could get through to her a little better. she is 14 years old and the administration said she would be able to move on to 10th grade next year and that homeschooling would be fine but recently I found out that nothing counts for her and she is going to fail, if i had been informed properly she would have been put in regular school. I have recently discovered, I am sure it depends on states, that homeschooling is ok for younger children but high school student don't recieve credit at all. unfortunatly she worked very hard and has tons of work to show for it but it has ended up being time wasted. So homeschooling is not the best route to take considering the age and socially.

Unfortunately they said that time was not waisted because i kept her brain flowing but as far as school goes she had to take summer school and she has to take night school to catch up.