For parents who want to retain some structure and give their kids more social engagement, a hybrid model might be the best of both worlds.
Spring is about that time of the year when families visit schools and campuses to look into educational options for their children. Families are not just making college campus tours but are also looking for other viable alternatives to public schooling. One such option is a hybrid homeschool model, which allows students to be taught by their parents at home while also attending an educational center with other homeschoolers twice a week.
Such a hybrid homeschool group may be in the form of a local cooperative or a nationwide nonprofit. Some are associated with a religious group, while others are nondenominational. Regardless of these details, one thing remains the same: Parents make the decision on what curriculum will be taught to the children.
The Silver Lining of the Lockdowns
When the COVID-19 lockdowns happened in 2020, most schools were unprepared to cope with students learning at home, as it meant becoming familiar with the technology to do video calls, setting up digital presentations, or finding online activities for the children to work on while still following a curriculum. Most students (and their families) got a taste of what it was like to do remote learning. Whether they were displeased or content with it, it gave parents a better idea of what was being taught at school—an inside peek into the conversations and discussions taking place if they had been in a brick-and-mortar classroom.
