Curriculum and tools that work for charter schools and charter-fund families. Every listing is reviewed by hand; listings cannot be purchased, and vendors have no influence on school grades.
K-8 science built Atoms First: children learn what matter is made of from the start, across chemistry, biology, physics, geology, and astronomy. Student text, student pages, and teacher pages per level, with science kits and a digital teaching dashboard.
Charter-fund friendlyPublisher of All About Reading and All About Spelling, scripted Orton-Gillingham-based programs. Lightly scripted lessons make them workable for parents without a reading-instruction background.
Creation-based science curriculum widely used in homeschool and co-op settings, spanning elementary through advanced high school courses. Known for conversational textbooks, lab components, and strong co-op support materials.
Comic-book-style advanced math for grades 1-5 from Art of Problem Solving, available in print and as an online platform. A good fit for strong math students who need depth, not acceleration alone.
Standardized assessments (CLT3-8, CLT10, CLT) accepted by a growing list of colleges and several state scholarship programs. Online administration works for small cohorts without a testing center.
Secular narrative world history told as a dialogue between two characters, with audiobooks, activity guides, and lesson plans. A common pick for families that want engaging, secular history.
Structured writing instruction built on modeling and imitation, used across homeschool, co-op, and classroom settings. Teacher training videos help new guides teach writing with confidence.
Hands-on STEAM project crates by age band, available as subscriptions or single kits. An easy way to run a weekly maker block without designing projects from scratch.
Subscription kits that teach geography, world cultures, and science through monthly themed activities. Works as a light-touch social studies supplement for younger students.
Phonics, spelling, and grammar programs built on 74 phonograms and explicit spelling rules. Foundations (ages 4-7) and Essentials (7+) both work in small-group instruction.
Mastery-based math program built around physical manipulative blocks and short video instruction, from early counting through calculus. Its skills-based (not grade-based) levels suit home education and mixed-age programs.
Open-and-go video-led science lessons for K-5 with hands-on activities that use simple supplies. Popular with homeschool-charter families because one adult can run a lesson with minimal prep.
Adaptive K-12 assessment in reading, language, math, and science that measures growth over time. Many charter programs administer MAP up to three times a year for objective growth data.
Charter-fund friendlyFull-year American and world history courses combining narrative text, primary sources, and literature, from a Christian publisher. Courses span elementary through high school.
Marketplace of live online classes for ages 3-18, from one-off enrichment to semester courses. Families use it to cover electives and niche subjects with enrichment funds.
Charter-fund friendlyAll-in-one school management system aimed at small schools: online admissions and enrollment, tuition billing, gradebook, parent communication, and student records in one low-cost platform.
Provides nationally normed standardized tests (IOWA, Stanford 10, CAT and more) to homeschool families and small schools, including options a parent or guide can administer.
The Dimensions Math series from Singapore Math Inc. uses the concrete-pictorial-abstract approach that made Singapore's program famous. Strong conceptual foundation for PreK-8, with teacher guides written for non-specialists.
Web-based student information system used by many small private schools: enrollment, attendance, grades, report cards, and family communication, priced for schools well under 100 students.
Tuition management and billing platform that automates invoicing, payment plans, and late-payment follow-up for private schools and learning programs. Reduces the office's bookkeeping load.
Four-volume narrative world history from Well-Trained Mind Press, designed to be read aloud with elementary students and paired with activity books. A staple of home education history blocks.
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