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K12 is online and it's awesome! We've used it for over 4 years. Our son is 9 and doing 4th-8th grade courses (you can mix and match). In some states, you can use K12 as part of a virtual public charter school. If you got K12's site, you can see the list of states with virtual schools. You can also use it like we do and purchase it yourself free from any public school program.
http://www.k12.com
The depth and breadth of K12 is amazing! It's based on the Core Knowledge sequence, with even more thrown in!
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Just to clarify, just because K12 is online, does *not* mean that you can just sit your children down at the computer and not be involved. There is still a lot of parent interaction at the 4th-5th level. There is also a lot they can do on their own. With close ages like that, you could get each child their own level of math and language arts, and have them share the other courses: science, history, art, music. With K12, you want the same grade levels for art and history because they are tied together (which is really neat!).
I go to www.redoakacademy.com. They do all your typical classes and also have live class rooms so you can actually intergrate real time with your teachers and friends in your class. They are K-12.
Depending on your state, Connections Academy, has a great free program. It is a free virtual public school.
www.connectionsacademy.com
The WorldWide IDEA Private Academy, http://www.worldwide-idea.org, might also be worth looking into. They do not deliver online curriculum themselves, but offer a great online system and other support and resources, including subscriptions. (see http://www.brightwayslearning.com/resour... Depends what exactly you are wanting.
I'm much odler and I use Penn Foster High School, but it basically works the same way with younger kids.
Some online schools are private and coast money to use while others are charter schools that government funded which is like saying it's a public school with out having to be in a school itself.
www.connectionsacademy.com
www.k12.com
www.morningstaracademy.com
www.pacyber.com
www.calvertschool.com
www.hslda.org Check this site, it might have some more stuff on it about online schools.
There are definitely some quality programs out there. I would caution you to do your research, though, because the schools are vastly different. Some are connected to universities, like Indiana University High School, while others are more commercial in nature, like Penn Foster or Keystone National High School.
One thing also to consider is, if you have already started high school, how many of the completed courses will be accepted by the school. This number will vary widely all the way from none to 100%. You will want to know this upfront.
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