Mimi Rothschild is a homeschooling parent, children’s rights activist, author, and Founder and C.E.O. of online education company Learning by Grace, Inc. Rothschild and her husband of twenty-eight years reside in suburban Philadelphia with their eight children.
Feeling that “our current system of education has broken its promise,” Rothschild co-founded Learning By Grace, Inc. to provide families with Internet-based multimedia education to PreK-12 children all over the world.
In addition to her twenty years of experience as a homeschool mother, Rothschild has written a number of books dealing with education published by McGraw Hill and others. Her Daily Education News Articles consist of feature stories on online homeschooling and alternative education.
Funding is a huge problem for our nation’s public schools. It always seems there is never enough money for even the most essential things like new books, extra desks, or other school supplies. Classrooms are overcrowded, under funded, and run by well meaning but overworked teachers. The situation is not good. From one school district to another, funding can change dramatically. One school district might have plenty of money to spend on books, extra teachers, and new facilities while a district just a few miles away struggles to keep the doors to its schools open. If you are concerned that your child is not getting the education he deserves, online home school may be the best option for him.
Like other college and vocational level online classes, online home school classes are taught by licensed professionals knowledgeable about the subject they are teaching. There are online lessons in all the content areas, including math, science, history, and language arts. You can even get foreign language classes online for your home schooled child. Online home school classes are the perfect option for parents who want to home school, but don’t feel qualified to teach certain subjects or to teach at all for older home schooled students.
If you choose online home school for your child, you never have to worry about old, beat up text books, over crowded classrooms or unhealthy school lunches. You also don’t have to worry that your child is not receiving the quality education that children in wealthier school districts are getting. Home school also offers you the freedom and flexibility to add in other elements. Community service, art lessons, and music lessons are all programs which have all been cut from many public schools in an effort to save money. Online home school courses can also be customized to fit your child’s particular learning style. In many cases, there is interaction with the instructor of the online home school course through chat rooms, emails, and occasional phone calls.
Online home school courses can help your child escape the inequality that is inherent in public school systems. If you choose online home school classes for your child, your child not only gets a high quality education customized to his needs, but you can also escape the headaches about funding and classroom problems that plague public schools. Online home school classes are a great option for parents who want to home school their children and want to maintain high curriculum standards.
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