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Anonymous wrote:OP, I think that MoCo does not allow that. Apparently you have to be the one teaching the kids. I might be wrong about tha, but this is what I think I heard years ago.
They would really have no of finding out if you don't tell them.

I think it's MD law.

You can start your own private school though.

It's such an incredibly dumb law though. Having finished homeschooling I can honestly say that it's ridiculous and stupid.
Most of the homeschool laws are just sour grapes thrown their way from the public school system.

I'd hire someone to teach and just be present enough so that you can present the short summary of their learning during your yearly review and get on with your life.

Or the state has a compelling interest to insure resident children are really being educated and not just left with the 83 year old neighbor lady and a TV set all day long. One reason many US born Latinos in this area need ESOL is that they don't have access as young children to quality child care where English is spoken.
I'm all for homeschooling by any adult who holds a current teaching certificate. If you can't pass the standardized test to certify, you shouldn't teach in a private, public, or a home.

I agree. As a Democrat, I think we should take all the Latino babies away from their parents asap and raise them the way they should be raised. Our way.

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For older kids there are places like Fusion Academy where you set your own schedule and take as many or as few classes as you want and all classes are 1:1. It doesn't start until 6th grade, though. http://www.fusionacademy.com

I think some Sudbury schools also have homeschooling flexibility, but they are philosophically more like unschooling, so that would have to be right for your family.

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, I think that MoCo does not allow that. Apparently you have to be the one teaching the kids. I might be wrong about tha, but this is what I think I heard years ago.
They would really have no of finding out if you don't tell them.

I think it's MD law.

You can start your own private school though.

It's such an incredibly dumb law though. Having finished homeschooling I can honestly say that it's ridiculous and stupid.
Most of the homeschool laws are just sour grapes thrown their way from the public school system.

I'd hire someone to teach and just be present enough so that you can present the short summary of their learning during your yearly review and get on with your life.

Or the state has a compelling interest to insure resident children are really being educated and not just left with the 83 year old neighbor lady and a TV set all day long. One reason many US born Latinos in this area need ESOL is that they don't have access as young children to quality child care where English is spoken.
I'm all for homeschooling by any adult who holds a current teaching certificate. If you can't pass the standardized test to certify, you shouldn't teach in a private, public, or a home.

You know that test is ridiculously easy, right? There's no reason a well educated adult should need to take an exam easier than the ACT to prove ghey can teach.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, I think that MoCo does not allow that. Apparently you have to be the one teaching the kids. I might be wrong about tha, but this is what I think I heard years ago.
They would really have no of finding out if you don't tell them.

I think it's MD law.

You can start your own private school though.

It's such an incredibly dumb law though. Having finished homeschooling I can honestly say that it's ridiculous and stupid.
Most of the homeschool laws are just sour grapes thrown their way from the public school system.

I'd hire someone to teach and just be present enough so that you can present the short summary of their learning during your yearly review and get on with your life.

Or the state has a compelling interest to insure resident children are really being educated and not just left with the 83 year old neighbor lady and a TV set all day long. One reason many US born Latinos in this area need ESOL is that they don't have access as young children to quality child care where English is spoken.
I'm all for homeschooling by any adult who holds a current teaching certificate. If you can't pass the standardized test to certify, you shouldn't teach in a private, public, or a home.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, I think that MoCo does not allow that. Apparently you have to be the one teaching the kids. I might be wrong about tha, but this is what I think I heard years ago.
They would really have no of finding out if you don't tell them.

I think it's MD law.

You can start your own private school though.

It's such an incredibly dumb law though. Having finished homeschooling I can honestly say that it's ridiculous and stupid.
Most of the homeschool laws are just sour grapes thrown their way from the public school system.

I'd hire someone to teach and just be present enough so that you can present the short summary of their learning during your yearly review and get on with your life.

Not sure about DC or VA but for MD, the bylaw is clear that Home Schooling is for a “parent or guardian who chooses to teach a child at home.” The parent or guardian must be the primary provider of the instruction. Other adults may assist with the special areas of interest, but may not replace the parent. Otherwise, teaching by another adult or group of adults constitutes a school, which must seek approval through the Maryland State Department of Education.

Anonymous wrote:OP, I think that MoCo does not allow that. Apparently you have to be the one teaching the kids. I might be wrong about tha, but this is what I think I heard years ago.
They would really have no of finding out if you don't tell them.

I think it's MD law.

You can start your own private school though.

OP, I think that MoCo does not allow that. Apparently you have to be the one teaching the kids. I might be wrong about tha, but this is what I think I heard years ago.
They would really have no of finding out if you don't tell them.

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Anonymous wrote:Isn't this just a governess?

11:55 here. "Just" a governess? Jane Eyre and her colleagues might have a few choice words for you...

My mother and her 3 closest sisters had a governess until my mother was 11, I believe. Then they went to school. My mother visited her beloved Mademoiselle until her death. She brought me to visit her, and her sisters brought their families too.

OK, Jane Banks, run along now. Mary has been dead for quite some time now . . .

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds boring for your kids. Let them go to school.

Did you not see that there are health issues?

not the PP - But yes, I noticed and asked why private was even on the table. I attended private school. ATTENDED - as in I WENT each day

The OP is off his/her rocker.

Anonymous wrote: has anyone hired a teacher to homeschool? We have four kids and for health reasons as well as the fact that we travel a lot, we feel like homeschooling would be a better option for them. I work part time and do not feel qualified to do it by myself. With the cost of private school we are thinking it might make more sense to hire a teacher. Has anyone had any experience doing something like this? And any ideas how we might find someone?

This is months old - from May.

However, I don't understand why - cost aside - you'd consider private if you have "sick" family members and you travel extensively. Am I reading this post correctly? And how can sick family members travel?

Hiring a teacher is like hiring a tutor. Do you expect this brilliant addition to your lifestyle to eventually teach AP chemistry, for example? 

Methinks you're making excuses to keep your cherubs out of school.

More on Gweneth P--this was actually for a tutor as the kids would continue to go school:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1393509/Are-Gwyneth-Paltrow-Chris-Martin-advertising-60k-year-multilingual-tutor.html

More on super tutors like the one Gwen and Chris sought:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2001882/Meet-super-tutors-hired-teach-year-olds-Ancient-Greek-Chinese-philosophy.html

I read somewhere that teachers from the group Partners in Learning provides home school support. All the tutors are teachers... may be worth checking them out, PartnersinLearningllc.com.

Anonymous wrote:Sounds boring for your kids. Let them go to school.

Did you not see that there are health issues?