The Compass Classroom Membership might be one of the best bargains for homeschoolers, and it's available through subscriptions for an individual or for a family (up to four members). You can subscribe by the month or the year.
Compass Classroom includes at least 40 courses, many of which I have reviewed. Among them are Antiquity, American History, Modernity, and Christendom by Dave Raymond; Economics for Everybody; Calculus for Everyone; Devotional Biology; Visual Latin; the Creative Writing Through Literature series; Creation Science; WordUp!; Filmmaking from the First Directors, The Story of Great Music, Philosophy: Consequences of Ideas, and the How Should We Then Live? series. (Students can take one course without signing up for a membership.)
Both subscriptions give you access to all streaming courses, PDF course books, audio stories, progress tracking, a customer support group, and course facilitation for extra guidance. A family subscription allows parents to create individual accounts for up to four students. For course facilitation, students need to enroll in a course on a set schedule. They will work on their own through the course but also participate in Zoom meetings and online discussions to interact with other students and ask the facilitator questions.
Compass Classroom can provide a substantial part of your curriculum for high school students, and some courses are available for younger students. There are courses for many, but not all, subject areas for high school, including history, science, language arts, math, the fine arts, economics, and worldview. Some courses are supplemental, but many are complete, two-semester courses with assignments, tests, and answer keys.
Courses are accessed online through your account. Students only mark course components completed and do not submit anything online unless parents pay for the optional grading service. The program keeps track of progress and records quiz grades. However, written work needs to be evaluated by a parent or teacher, unless you opt to include grading services.
Many of the courses are taught from a Christian (primarily Protestant) worldview. This is especially so with Dave Raymond’s history courses, the Old Western Culture courses, Devotional Biology, the Is Genesis History? Bible study, Philosophy: Consequences of Ideas, and the How Should We Then Live? series. Because of this, those who want their students to learn a Christian worldview should find the Compass Classroom Membership options especially attractive. You can check them out with a two-week free trial, and you don't have to enter your credit card information until you buy.
