Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I will try to answer some here. Just to clarify, since I work with people all over the world, my hours are very flexible. I tend to work 6-10am (for my UK people) do school 10-12 or so, then work until 5-6pm. Or use more time midday for personal stuff and work at night (for my Malaysia people.) So I do have some time, but not enough to get him where I want him on my own. I just received AoPS yesterday. It resonates with me because this is how I think (I work with numbers all day everyday looking for solutions to problems I didn't know we had!) However, I see how it can be difficult and will need supplemental drill. I might try it for a bit, fill in some gaps I know of (fractions, for example) and see how it goes. I used Saxon in the past and it isn't my favorite, but if he and I can't get anywhere with AoPS (this is a subject I am willing to teach) then I will reconsider. Is he willing? He is a 14yo boy, the youngest of 7 (5 boys) and I have never had a willing teenage boy! LOL! He works independently on some things (history, vocabulary, King Arthur) and we do Grammar together. I think he will be fine doing more on his own if it is very structured and laid out for him. I am that way, too. I had forgotten about the high school programs like Nebraska, so I will definitely utilize some of those courses. I want him to read a LOT more than he does, so I may even look at something like Sonlight for history/lit. Not sure. Thank you again - you have given me tons of ideas on which direction to go!

Prefer secular, but religious is ok if it isn't over the top.

I'm really lost at which direction to go. I homeschooled many years ago, so I am not new to this. I started homeschooling my 8th grader in January due to wanting better for him than what the local public school (academically and the environmentally) was giving him. We have floundered around the last 3 months or so because this was a last minute decision just before Christmas break. He is behind across the board. Grades 3-7 he went to a good charter school, but remote school during COVID lockdowns was a disaster for him (this is when he fell behind.) He changed to the local ps for 8th, and that was even worse. In addition, I work a demanding full-time job in Corporate Finance (fully remote and flexible hours, but I spend a lot of times in meetings.) I am planning to outsource some things next school year, most likely through WTM Academy. So here we are. I have a 14yo boy that is behind in every subject. He plans (at least for now) to go into programming. We started with Kahn Academy for math since he was familiar with that, but it wasn't working. I decided on AoPS - he tested into Pre-Algebra (barely!) I bought Grammar for the WTM, Writing with Skill 1, MegaWords 1, Story of the World Middle Ages, Memoria Press King Arthur, and a book called Rocks and Dirt for Science. We are muddling along in these except Science and writing (that was the wrong science choice and writing just isn't getting done.) I have decided on WTM Academy for Expository Writing 1 (his writing is horrible.) He will do math year-round until he "catches up." We will continue through Grammar until it is done (and probably repeat once.) He can take course at the local high school (new district) and wants to do programming there. I need help with History, Science, Literature, Foreign Language. I'd like to do the 4-year history/lit cycle. I don't want to overwhelm him, but don't want him stuck in middle school courses either. I don't know where to go in Science. Whatever we choose, I need it all laid out with lesson plans, books, workbooks, etc or to be a LIVE online course. There is nothing local we are interested in (coops and homeschool groups). I will take all the ideas I can get!

EKS... I'm not willing to switch at this point as we are 35 lessons in. I think this could be a good learning experience. He is medicated fairly effectively. If at the end of Saxon Algebra 1 it really doesn't seem to be working, I'll look at Jacobs. It has to have teaching DVDs, though, as I said above I'm only here two days a week.

The weekly tests brought the problem to light. I hadn't been giving them to him, but he asked me to. I really wanted him to finish Algebra 1 by the end of the summer, but if it takes longer, it takes longer. He's got until June 2020 to finish through advanced math, so he has time.

He did better yesterday. He has to correct those and so another test today. Hopefully it'll get better over the next couple of weeks.

Thanks, Arctic Mom, for the help. He just needs to be able to pass the CC placement test by next spring, so he can get into the Auto tech dual enrollment program. I don't want him missing out because of sloppy mistakes!

That's what I was doing, but read on here that you shouldn't do that with Saxon?

He's 16, and I don't really want to have to hold his hand. Also, unfortunately, I'm only here two days a week. (I work full-him.) That precludes my sitting with him doing the lessons (and he'd probably lose his mind being that micro-managed. Lol) He does have pretty severe ADD, and had an IEP in public school. However, at his age he has to learn to accommodate his weaknesses, too. It's hard to balance that I think. Parenting almost-adults is just hard! :) Maybe just making him redo all the problems he misses every time will do the trick. He might get tired of doing them over and over again.

My 9th grader came back home after 4.5 years in public school. He's always done very well in math, and had a 98 average in his last math course (called Foundations of Math, which is Pre-Algebra.) I have him in Saxon Algebra 1, and he's about 35 lessons in. He seems to understand the concepts. He asked me to start giving him the tests, and he bombed his first one. The ones he missed were for little math mistakes (ie. didn't reduce to lowest form, switched a negative to a positive, copied incorrectly, etc.) He knows his math concepts, it's just these little mistakes. Any ideas on what I can I do to help him be more accurate?

As the mother of a 21 year old and a 16 year old...this is it.

Here it is $33K to start, with no overtime. They do get comp time, so at some point if they need to take a lot of time off they can. My friend that has been a cop for 12 years makes about $45K. That is not unusual for this area, and he actually makes more than average (which keeps him from switching agencies.)

Orange tips have been required for more than 20 years - it's federal law. The toy gun in the picture has had it removed. ETA: Many do remove them, but I throw toy guns without them away.

Here there aren't enough officers here for quick backup most of the time. They respond to calls alone, which can be difficult. It's harder to de-escalate when it is one indicidual. My friend tells me stories about calls where he had to be creative to de-escalate the situation. He would convince them that their children didn't need to see Daddy fight the police man, or explain to them how much the sheetrock was going to cost to repair if they busted it all up fighting. He would go to serve warrants on holidays where he knew the women of the family (he grew up here) because he knew they would assist in the arrest (which is funny to me.) Another time he took a mentally ill person in who was KNOWN to attack officers without a hitch by simply talking to him and not dismissing his fears. However, his de-escalation training came from the military, not his local police agency.

I agree. Or to the wife of someone whose mental health deteriorated greatly after a fairly mild head injury. He ended up commited for more than a week after he was hunting his wife down intending to kill her and then kill himself. If not for insurance paying for it, he would have been barely stabilized and released. Mental health care is for the benefit of everyone.