Iowa Wesleyan University to close after nearly 2 centuries | Fox News Another one bites the dust. I'm starting to wonder if we will see a slow drying up of colleges, or if we're about to see a cascade.

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What about baking? Maybe retry a (for fun) book you set aside because of school/time constraints.

What about Sabbath Mood Homeschool? Name: HS Physics Part 1, Part 2, or Part 3 Publisher: Sabbath Mood Homeschool Where to buy: High School Science Curriculum | Sabbath Mood Homeschool Level: Regular Type: Textbook Additional Materials: Teacher Resources: Lesson Plans: Yes Secular/Christian: Both offered Program includes labs: Yes Lab kit available: No, but a supplies list can be previewed on the website Math background needed: For credit as Physics, Algebra 2 is required. For credit as Conceptual Physics, no math is specified. Comments: All three "parts," each of which is only one twelve-week term, are required for one high school credit. The author recommends doing one term each year of Physics, Chemistry, and Earth Science, but all three parts of any course can be completed in one year. Also, each part requires a different guide, but all three of them use the same spine. *Note: We have not used this program, so I can not vouch for its quality or level of rigor.

https://periodictable.com/theelements/pages.html This is a reproduction of the author's physical book. It's in Sabbath Mood Homeschooling's schedule for chemistry.

Also, if you really want a hands-on lab component, you might want to look at kids resources. A lot of times, they require mostly household supplies. A Drop of Water by Walter Wick comes to mind, and I've recently found it for $2 used plus shipping. You'll likely still want to include videos of high school level experiments, but at least it's something? As an aside, the local school district here has banned labs due to "safety" (read: cost), so if all your budget allows is a free text and videos of labs, there's no reason to feel guilty.

Have you looked at ck12? We're looking at it and coordinating videos of most of the labs. I would add in some living books like The Chemical History of a Candle. The chemical history of a candle, a course of lectures delivered before a juvenile audience at the Royal Institution; : Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Honestly, if you can spend anything, I would get That's the Way the Cookie Crumbles or The Disappearing Spoon. There's a free audiobook for each with an Audible trial. Used they go for as little as $5 each with shipping. I know that's a lot sometimes, though, so don't feel they're necessary. For labs, what is the budget you're looking at? On an absolutely nothing budget, I would stick with videos. I would hesitate to recommend anything else without a price range. This guide from Apologia might be helpful for writing a lab report, whether doing or watching them. How to Write a Lab Report - Apologia You might also find the introduction to keeping a lab notebook in the free preview here helpful. Illustrated Guide to Home Chemistry Experiments: All Lab, No Lecture (DIY Science): Robert Bruce Thompson: 0636920514923: Amazon.com: Books

I wouldn't even look at a school that costs $20,000, let alone one that costs that much after a scholarship! That kind of money is for college tuition, not for elementary school, at least in my house. It also doesn't sound like a good school in my humble opinion, but I tend to see an overemphasis on STEM the same way I see focusing on a trade at that age. Personally, we felt that Building Foundations of Scientific Understanding and the AO nature study/science booklists were more than enough at that age, but I'm really not sure what kind of labs you're after for your dd to say if that's "enough" for her. At the end of the day, it's a choice only you and your family can make. Settling on your educational philosophy/what you think is the purpose of education might make it easier. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful.

I don't know why I thought they could just write in Latin. We ease into English composition; why would Latin be different? Agh. *kicks self* The idea of translating from English would probably be welcome here, especially while I look through the composition books. Again, thank you so much!

I did some digging in the archives here and found this thread. I haven't had a chance to read the book yet, but I've skimmed it. It looks like too nice of a gem to let it be forgotten.

I think the composition work is where I was stuck. They can read, and they can translate. Writing something original is a massive struggle for them. I guess I was thinking it was just that they didn't fully understand the grammar, but we'll try some composition work first. ETA Thank you! You're a massive help.

I'm seconding @Lilaclady. What I would try to do, if she's going to be a senior next year, is divide the year into three 12-week terms. So in Term I, if she does 10 hours of volunteering each week, that would be 120 hours, so she gets a credit. Rinse and repeat for Term II and Term III.

Caesar for beginners; a first Latin book : St. Clair, William Thomas, 1859- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive We used Caesar for Beginner's. Sorry, I should have specified, but the book had wandered away from my laptop. Edit: the flashdrive with the book

I have. I'm hesitant to consider it because students in the UK specialize in the last two years. They only take three or four subjects, so I worry there's an expectation that they can handle more work in those few chosen subjects. I don't want to have to cut back on everything else in order to use it, if that makes sense. Thank you so much, though! I will definitely give it a second look. 🙂

I don't want them to chase exams. Learning shouldn't be about that. I also don't think there should have to be an exam to prove you don't need to study U.S. history or government or whatever in college. A high school diploma should be enough for those sorts of courses. I guess in my view we can pinky swear we really have covered 'x' and move on. I might be willing to agree with a high school level exam for subjects. I just, to me, APs and DEs should only be for classes that students enjoy and excel at. They should be how a student shows strengths, not what they do gen. ed. For example, a student wanting to go into engineering should be able to set herself apart by taking AP Calculus, AP Physics, and AP Chemistry. She shouldn't have to take AP Spanish to avoid taking a foreign language at school or AP World History to avoid history. ETA We already talk about humanities majors, especially English majors, taking "a dumbed down college algebra course." Why can't we say that if the SAT or ACT score was good enough to get into that college for that major, then there's no need for another class in math? Why are the options for that student either go way above the requirements for AP Calculus (or AP Precalculus now) or essentially retake algebra in college? It just feels senseless. To bring this back to the enrollment cliff, I'm hopeful the pressure for so many APs will drop, and students can focus only on being "advanced" in their preferred disciplines and can be, well, at the high school level in the other courses.

Are AP and DE really getting out of gen. ed. requirements? They seem to just push college off onto high schoolers. At this point, it feels like a four-year degree takes six years when all the DE and AP classes are factored into it.

I'm torn with regards to the British 6th Form. The quality of the K-10 education really determines how willing I am to allow total specialization in 11th and 12 grade. Still, I'd rather see a kid actually want to learn than just study for a test. But, such is our system. 😕

Answers to problems in Wentworth's higher algebra : George Albert Wentworth : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive A higher algebra : Wentworth, G. A. (George Albert), 1835-1906 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive I'm not committed to Higher Algebra, but it's worth putting out here.

For Algebra 2, I'm adding the suggestion of Wentworth's Higher Algebra. A higher algebra : Wentworth, G. A. (George Albert), 1835-1906 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Answers to problems in Wentworth's higher algebra : George Albert Wentworth : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive I can't attest to the rigor. It's free, though, so there's no harm in looking at it.

A higher algebra : Wentworth, G. A. (George Albert), 1835-1906 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Answers to problems in Wentworth's higher algebra : George Albert Wentworth : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Wentworth's First Steps in Algebra is already listed, but I believe Higher Algebra could work as an algebra 2 course.

Honestly? I would say that a negligible number of students in the U.S. public school system are receiving a quality education, whether that quality is measured in a liberal arts sense or a STEM/trade sense. If I believed in our school system, my kids would be in it. At the end of the day, though, it would be easier to get Richard Dawkins to convert to Christianity and Franklin Graham to convert to atheism than it would be to get the American public school system to offer a quality education. The first hurdle is that I don't think we could get a consensus on what a quality education is. However, I do believe in a person's ability to find his or her own interests and pursue it, and replacing the general education courses with more work in the major area is something colleges could and should consider on an individual basis. With regards to the idea of do-overs, I agree we offer too many considering the cost. I have a whole tangent about pass rates, testing, etc. that really doesn't belong here. Unfortunately, we're likely going to see the opposite. With a smaller pool to draw students from, colleges will be pushing even harder for students to take and retake courses.

I'm going to be brutally honest and say something very unpopular here: the only value I see in a college education is to get a degree and a job. For us, K-12 is about a broad education; it's about developing interests and inspiring further study. But college? By that point, it feels like the basics should be taught, and students should be ready to specialize. I don't necessarily care if my doctor has read Shakespeare as long as he knows better than to give my 9-year-old tetracycline, you know? In that way, I suppose I'm closer to preferring the British university system, where they take fewer electives/general education courses and more courses in their major. Like you said your husband experienced, students usually don't care for subjects outside their majors anyway.

As someone else pointed out, it's going to be tricky to know which colleges will suffer most. Some LACs are doing well, but others are struggling. The same is true for CCs, and, I would guess, some bigger universities. I know people talked about "canned courses," and we're seeing that already at some schools, but I wonder if any will take the opposite route. Offering more unique course, potentially more "hands-on" work, could be a great way for colleges to differentiate themselves. It's almost ironic to consider colleges having to sell themselves to prospective students, but that may well become the case. To be honest, @Frances and @... both have good points. It begs the question, in this new day and age, will it be students or colleges who have to "suck it up" with regards to courses? The answer is likely related to the competition in the area, both the geographic area and the subject area.

If I can find a solutions manual for it, it would be worth considering. I'm reading the link about "New Math" you sent. It's rather interesting, and it's probably going to send me on another late-night research session. My husband is going to cuss you under his breath while I'm in that mode, but he'll thank you for the results. 🙂

I've heard of it, and it was something I was considering. I've heard a lot of people say switching to it is difficult. And, frankly, it's just not really in our budget this year. My goal is to do math for less than $20 this year.