Examples & Testimonials

Homeschool families are using the DLC to:

• Better engage their children and provide rigorous content.
• Continue to have control over course materials without having to become subject-matter experts.
• Design their own lessons using materials from online curricula and textbooks.
• Access up-to-date and educationally relevant library resources.
• Provide their children with a safe alternative for Web searching.
• Register their children in instructor-led online courses, such as AP and foreign language courses.
• Allow for flexible schedules through online courses and curricula.
• Give their children greater access to college preparatory courses and materials.

Homeschool resource centers are saying the following:

To get a better sense of how your family might benefit from joining the DLC, read the following testimonials and success stories from homeschool resource centers that joined the DLC.

"The DLC takes the heat off parents and allows their children to take rigorous classes that are aligned with the GLEs and WASL."

"Beyond Books is aimed at parents that have traditionally created their own classes. I have a couple of parents that absolutely love Beyond Books, because it allows them the freedom that they've always had with their children's education. Beyond Books allows parents to focus in on an area and gather all the resources, almost like one-stop shopping. And to have that versus what homeschool programs can traditionally offer—'Here's a textbook, here's a workbook, do the report, regurgitate the questions at the end of the chapter'—allows parents to be much more creative and cast their net much wider for the resources they need."

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- Bruce Vilders, Coordinator, Home School Partnership Program

"I have found that for a lot of the parents, that fear of the Internet is not as pervasive as when we first started…Parents feel safe when they come in through the DLC, because they know it's monitored."

"Parents are interested in having their kids take core classes online in areas that parents don't feel are their strengths. The online classes serve as a supplement to what kids are learning at home."

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- Elisabeth Silver, Site Coordinator, The Enrichment Cooperative

"ClassTools is just better than a textbook. More explanation and examples are given, it's more supportive as a curriculum, and it's there 24/7."

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- George Ramsey, Teacher/Advisor, North Kitsap PAL