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Weigh the campus days
and the home days

A hybrid school splits the week between campus and home, so part of the teaching lands on the family. Weigh the schedule and the family load, rate each program, and enter the campus days and home teaching hours to see the real week.

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Comparisons

The worked example is made up: three hybrid programs for fourth grade, where the two-day school asks for five hours of home teaching on each home day, and two hybrid high schools. Use initials or a code for the child.

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What you get

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What you finish with
A saved comparison per decision: how much the schedule, home-day plans, family load, community and cost matter; each program rated 1 to 5 with campus days, home teaching hours and yearly cost; six questions marked answered or still to ask; and a next step. The flags rank the programs, turn home days into weekly teaching hours, show the cost range and call out a must-have rated 2 or lower. A side-by-side table prints.
Who it is for
Families considering a hybrid school or a part-time campus program, and homeschooling families looking for campus days.
Format
Browser tool with a saved record per decision. Prints a side-by-side table with the scores, the full record, every comparison in a table or a blank form; downloads a spreadsheet (.csv); exports and imports a file.
Access
Free. No account, no sign-in and nothing to install. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Subject Resources space in Caveat Academics.
Support
Questions about access, an order or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.

How to use it

  1. Weigh the schedule and the family load.
  2. See a real week of home-day plans.
  3. Enter campus days and home hours.
  4. Rate each program.
  5. Print the side-by-side table.

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How hybrid programs are set up

A hybrid week, two waysTwo campus daysTeachers lead new material oncampusThree home days of practiceand projectsHeavier family loadThree campus daysMore class time and friendsTwo home days with set plansLighter family loadA hybrid week, two waysTwo campus daysTeachers lead new material on campusThree home days of practice and projectsHeavier family loadThree campus daysMore class time and friendsTwo home days with set plansLighter family load
Count the home teaching hours, not only the campus days.

School or homeschool

Some hybrid programs enroll students as private school students; others are support programs for families registered as homeschoolers, and some public districts run their own. Which one applies changes who keeps the records, who issues credits and diplomas and what testing is required. Ask, and check your state education department's rules.

The home days

The best programs send clear plans for home days and grade the work. Others leave the family to fill the time. Ask to see a real week of plans and ask who checks the work.

Sources

  1. McShane MQ. Hybrid Homeschooling: A Guide to the Future of Education. Rowman and Littlefield, 2021.
  2. National Center for Education Statistics. Fast Facts: Homeschooling (nces.ed.gov).
  3. U.S. Census Bureau. Household Pulse Survey: homeschooling rates (census.gov).
  4. Your state education department. Rules for private school enrollment and home instruction.

The worked example and its programs are made up. How hybrid programs are registered depends on the state and the program. Nothing you type is sent to Caveat. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.