Is NSA “just another dressed-up home schooling program”?
Answer from a “NorthStar Mom”: NSA is not another dressed-up home schooling program. We were doing University of Nebraska with our high schooler, and it wasn’t working. NSA provides crucial “interaction” and communication between the teacher and the student. The lessons are current and relevant and prepared by qualified teachers. Other home school programs consist of lessons developed years ago and written down in a book. The student basically teaches himself with some guidance from a supervisor who may or may not have knowledge, experience, or training in education much less a specific area of study such as algebra or chemistry! When a NSA student has difficulty or a question, he gets immediate feedback and help from his online teacher. With other typical home school programs, the response is delayed and sometimes is never received. Whatever the student doesn’t understand, he just misses out. For us, other homeschool programs don’t even compare with NSA.
