How to Partial Homeschool: Quick Overview

If you have a gifted child whose needs aren’t being met …

When children simply don’t fit the school they attend, you might be able to find a workable solution.

What is Partial Homeschooling?

Partial homeschooling — which we can also describe as “emanating from the home schooling” or “the parent’s role as educational manager” — involves keeping the child in the regular school for part of the day and in some alternative educational situation the other part of the school day. While home schooling is currently legal in every state, the law does not generally anticipate partial home schooling, although it, too, is legal most states. In Minnesota, for example, is a law called “120B.20, Parental Curriculum Review,” which basically permits parents to provide what the school does not have available. The school’s permission is not required. Public tax support is still available to the school when a child is partial home schooled. Private schools do not generally reduce their fees if the child still attends part of the day, and the school’s permission is needed. The reason I recommend partial home schooling is to enable the family to provide learning experiences at the child’s own level and pace, and to keep the school aware that the school has not done so. If a family totally removes their child, the school…