Patent ID: 6464505
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: G06Q,G09B

Abstract:
A method for providing educational needs for home schooling where there exists:a) a school system comprising a school district and at least one school in the school district, with students enrolled in, and/or attending classes in the school; b) a plurality of home school units; each home school unit comprising at least one parent/guardian and at least one student who is being home schooled or is intended to be home schooled by the parentguardian; said method comprising:a) establishing a home school program center which is operatively linked to the school system and is funded in conjunction with the school system; b) accomplishing initial contacts between the home school units and the home school program center; c) accomplishing by the home school program center the enrollment of students of the home school units in the school system; d) establishing by the home school program center for each student of each home school unit an independent learning program to satisfy school system requirements and the needs of the student of the home school unit; e) providing through the home school program center the equipment and course materials for the students to accomplish goals of the independent learning program, and acquiring from the school system such equipment and course materials as needed from the school system; f) maintaining by the home school program center communication links between the home school program center and the home school units to provide assistance, as needed, and at the same time maintaining communication links by the home school program center with the school system for acquiring resources available from the school system for the home school units and, also maintaining communication with other educational resources selected from one or more of the following, namely providers of texts and curriculum materials, providers of educational equipment and supplies, and providers of educational programs and services to meet the needs of the students of the home school units; g) accomplishing through the home school program center the monitoring of the program of the individual learning programs of the home school units, and testing of the students of the home school units at least at benchmark points; h) coordinating by the home school program center with the school system in the monitoring of said individual learning programs, and said testing at the benchmark points, so that said progress and said testing at benchmark points can be certified by the school system; i) coordinating by the home school program center with the school system in maintaining necessary records for the students of the home school units, and all other procedural matters, in properly graduating the students of the home school units with the proper credits and credentials.