Compare Our Programs

The following comparison chart will illustrate how our parent-led program differs from our teacher-led online academy:

NorthStar
Parent-Led NorthStar
Teacher-Led
Lesson resources provided online
Tests and quizzes provided
Internet access to the NorthStar Online Community
Access to the Student areas inside the NorthStar Online Community
Maintains student records and transcripts
Provides daily interaction, tutoring, feedback, and test correction from the teachers
Provides the parent(s) with his/her own personal online account in NorthStar
The program is accredited
Students can graduate with a diploma

The NorthStar Parent-Led program differs from the NorthStar Teacher-Led online school program mainly in one crucial way: in NorthStar Parent-Led, the parent or day school teacher is the teacher and is using the NorthStar Teacher-Led lessons, assignments, tests, and answer keys within his or her own learning environment as he or she desires. This learning environment can be a home school or day school, and the parent/teacher can use the NorthStar lesson resources in full or in part because the parent/teacher is in charge of the "delivery" of the instruction.

NorthStar Parent-Led students do not interact with the NorthStar Teacher-Led teachers for feedback on assignments or tests, do not send assignments or tests to the NorthStar Teacher-Led teachers, but they may interact with the other NorthStar Teacher-Led and NorthStar Parent-Led students in the online course discussion conferences and within the extra-curricular social areas found in the “Student Cafe.”