Investigate distance and correspondence curricula & online coursesStep 7 of the Ten Steps to Successful Homeschooling
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Distance and Correspondence CurriculaIf you choose to use a distance or correspondence curriculum, research the library and the Internet and browse through What's Free or Cheap in NYC to enrich this curriculum and make it come to life. Subject-specific curricula are listed at Books and Resources by subject Read "Judging Books by Their Covers", by noted physicist Richard P. Feynman, about the general quality of school textbooks. Not all correspondence schools offer accredited diplomas. If this is important to you, check with each individual school to find out if they are accredited in your state. Here is a brief list of correspondence schools with some comments. More can be found by searching on the Internet. Please email me your comments and additional suggestions for this list. Pre-K - 12: Christopherus |
Evaluating Online Learning: Challenges and Strategies for Success, from the U.S. Dept of Ed
You can browse sites that connect the colleges by subject at DegreeDirectory. LectureFox gives descriptions of the lectures and Academic Earth gives ratings of courses.
More online courses are in web resources listed by subject (see sidebar). For those who wish to create their own curriculum (which I recommend), there is a lot to choose from under each subject.
This is Step 7 of the Ten Steps to Successful Homeschooling
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