We've enrolled our 12 year old in a cyber school since he was in the 2nd grade. Cyber schools offer a designed curriculum, online classes (with other students), and more structure than traditional homeschooling. Further, more and more states offer the option to use Cyber Charter schools - fully accredited public schools that are paid for by your own school tax monies instead of funding the cost entirely out of pocket. We're pleased with the k12.com curriculum that is used at one of the many cyber-charters in our state.

The argument against homeschooling/cyberschooling involving socialization is a false start in my opinion. Parents throw it at me all the time, and I point out that my son is in Boy Scouts, Tae Kwon Do and is involved in our Church group. When they press me further, I tell them that in all of his years of cyber schooling, he's never been exposed to a lock-down or the State Police escorting drug-sniffing dogs through his school. That always ends the debate, since rarely a month goes by when the same can't be said for our local school district.

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