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Homeschool Academic Advisor
Perhaps the vision of your children happily learning comfortably at home – in their PJs, no less! – drew you to homeschool. Or perhaps the hope of providing a more academically challenging course of study caused you to consider writing that letter of intent. Or maybe...
What is Accelerate Learning?
Accelerate Learning is an online curriculum for students in grades K-12. Accelerate Learning student-paced and mastery-based, allowing students to progress as they learn each concept. They can take the time they need or excel as they are ready. The lessons engage the...
DIY Homeschool Portfolio Kit – FREE to GSN Homeschool Families!
Let’s face it, the logistics of homeschooling can be daunting. There are documents to be gathered and filed, and records to be kept. GSN has what you need to help you organize your way out of the chaos! GSN's DIY Homeschool Portfolio Kit Includes - Materials list to...
How Schools Partner with GSN
With the educational landscape ever changing, public and private schools are constantly on the lookout for ways to keep their institutions offering excellent learning options by cost-effective means. Many times these two goals can be mutually exclusive. However,...
GSN is All About Choice!
National School Choice Week (NSCW) is January 21-28, 2018. According to NSCW’s site,͞ NSCW is now the world’s largest annual celebration of opportunity in education. During this week, there are events to raise awareness and celebrate the many options available to...
What is Odysseyware?
Odysseyware is an online curriculum for students in grades 3-12 used in schools and by homeschool families. Odysseyware is student-paced, mastery-based, teacher-interactive online. Let’s break this down and see exactly what that means. Student-paced Students work at...
GSN’s Homeschool Spotlight – Welcome to our Island School!
Global Student Network (GSN) has provided excellent online curriculum options for homeschool families since 2004. Here is how one family uses GSN in their homeschool. What brought you to homeschooling? We were alerted that our son Trevor was a highly gifted...
INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL LEARNING ACADEMY STUDENT STARS IN ”A CHRISTMAS STORY LIVE!” ON FOX
INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL LEARNING ACADEMY STUDENT STARS IN FOX NETWORK's 12/17 LIVE BROADCAST OF ”A CHRISTMAS STORY" HENDERSON, NEVADA, December 12, 2017 – Christmas came early this year for eleven-year-old Andy Walken, a distance learning student at the International...
Global Student Network Offers Career and Technical Education
U.S. education news has recently focused on the need for college and career readiness for high school graduates. Schools, both public and private, have taken up the banner in an effort to answer the need for graduating seniors to possess a broad range of skills needed...
Welcome to the Laboratory!
What Happens When Science Mixes with Online Learning? When I first started teaching with online curriculum, I was a bit skeptical when it came to science. After all, science is best-learned hands-on and online learning seems the exact opposite. I wasn’t so sure a...
A Parent Gives Thanks for Homeschooling with Global Student Network
November is the season for remembering all we have for which to be thankful. Over the years, many families have shared their gratitude for homeschooling. The following was sent to Global Student Network in November 2015. I am beyond grateful for the opportunity to...
Master Chef Junior – Open Casting Call – New York City Area
How to Teach Writing to Homeschool Students
Most homeschool parents are concerned about their children's writing skills and spend countless hours looking for writing programs and online courses that might assist them in teaching their kids how to write with clarity and purpose. And there's plenty of...
The Common Core Debate
By now everyone interested in homeschooling has heard the uproar about the Common Core State Standards and has embraced either a pro or con opinion about state implementation of the program in public schools across the U.S. The important issue may not be whether...
Standardized Testing: How Do Homeschoolers Measure Up?
Testing is not an unusual construct in the K-12 education world, whether tests are administered in public schools or in homeschools. Most school-aged children in the U.S. have taken a national or state-based standardized test at one time or another. Kids get...
Classic Literature Available through Online Learning with Edmentum’s Plato Program
Based on educator's efforts to relate to students in ways they understand in the modern context, more and more staples of the K-12 school experience have been relegated to information extracts and "snippets" that can be presented to students in a quicker and more...
How Online Learning Benefits Military Families
"Military students are quickly realizing the advantages of online learning," says Jim Sweizer, Vice President of Military Education for American Military University. "In the early part of the decade, the percentage of active-force students taking online or distance...
7 Ways to Structure Your Homeschool Co-op
If you're a homeschool parent and are considering forming a homeschool cooperative, you will quickly discover that there are dozens of ways you can structure your co-op to best serve its members. Generally speaking, homeschool co-ops are made up of families who share...
Early Enrollment Limited Offer!
GSN is offering a $25 Amazon Gift Card for each student enrolled by Aug. 15, 2017. Global Student Network (GSN) provides nine online curriculum options for homeschool families. Our online learning platforms are – Flexible You can determine when and where your student...
Website Maintenance 5/20-5/21
Our websites will be undergoing maintenance this weekend, from approximately 8PM PDT on Saturday, 5/20 thru 6AM PDT on Sunday, 5/21 and will not be available. Our curriculum, however, will remain online, should you need to access curriculum during this maintenance...
“Building the Machine” – A Review of Common Core Documentary
COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS Summary The idea of Common Core State Standards goes back to 2008 when Janet Napolitano, former Arizona Governor and 2006-07 chair of the National Governors Association, wrote a report focused on improving math and science education in...