Why we're building Homeschool Factory, what we shipped this week, and what it's like to homeschool four kids while building a platform for every family in America.
Not just the kids whose parents can afford $1,200/year curriculum. Not just the kids in the right zip code. Every kid. Always.
It's not what you think. And the answer is almost never 'find something to do.'
Every homeschool mom knows it. The frantic 9pm 'what are we doing tomorrow' spiral. Here's how I broke it.
Sibling-aware planning so you don't have four kids in math at once. Mom mode. Bulk state filings. A real co-op product. Here's the plan.
All 50 states. Auto-generated portfolios. Quarterly reports. Deadlines you'll never miss. The thing that scares everyone off homeschooling — gone.
Each one is trained on its subject's pedagogy, your kid's level, and your chosen curriculum. None of them will hand over the answer.
We left a quieter part of town for a building with eight other homeschool families. Best decision we ever made. Also: how the platform learned about co-ops.
Spoiler: it doesn't mean the product is only for Jewish families. It means the product was designed by someone who knows what it's like to be the underserved minority on every other platform.
Gavriel was crying over math at 9 AM on a Tuesday. The plan was supposed to be 'finish the worksheet.' The plan changed.
Four kids. Two states. A thousand printouts. And the friend who said homeschooling was a luxury she couldn't afford.
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