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Homeschooling in United States

The United States has the largest and most established homeschooling community in the world. Fayferz gives American families an Oxford-aligned spine for maths and English, plus the record-keeping exports that states like New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia expect at assessment time.

Your state Department of EducationUSD3.1 million K–12 students

Legal status

Legal in all 50 states, with requirements set state by state rather than federally.

Regulator

Your state Department of Education

School year

August–May (180 instructional days in most states)

Common curricula

Oxford-aligned, Common Core aligned, Classical, Charlotte Mason

What to do first in United States

Before choosing a curriculum, establish your legal position. It takes about an hour and prevents the single most common source of first-year stress. Legal in all 50 states, with requirements set state by state rather than federally. Contact Your state Department of Education to confirm what applies to your family, write down exactly what you owe and by when, and put the deadlines in a calendar.

  1. 1Confirm the current requirements with Your state Department of Education.
  2. 2Write down every deadline and diarise it.
  3. 3Choose two subjects to do properly — maths and English — and leave the rest for term two.
  4. 4Block out the hours you will actually teach, then protect them.
  5. 5Set up record-keeping on day one rather than in the week before a review.

What Fayferz families in United States tell us matters

  • Notice of intent, portfolio reviews and standardised testing rules vary by state — Fayferz exports attendance logs and graded work as PDFs you can attach to any filing.
  • Our Grade 1–8 maths sequence maps to Common Core domains while keeping the Oxford problem-solving approach.
  • Works well alongside co-ops and umbrella schools: each child gets their own progress profile under one parent account.

Homeschooling in United States: common questions

Is homeschooling legal in United States?

Yes. Legal in all 50 states, with requirements set state by state rather than federally. The body responsible is Your state Department of Education. Requirements change from time to time, so confirm the current position with them before you withdraw a child from school or begin teaching at home.

Which curriculum do homeschooling families in United States usually follow?

The most common choices are Oxford-aligned, Common Core aligned, Classical, Charlotte Mason. Fayferz provides an Oxford-aligned sequence for FYP, KG and Grades 1–8, with downloadable mapping documents so you can show how our units correspond to the local scheme.

What records should I keep in United States?

Four documents answer almost every request: a dated attendance log, a written learning plan listing subjects and assessment methods, two or three dated work samples per subject per term, and assessment results over time. Fayferz generates all four from your children's course activity and exports them as PDFs.

When does the United States school year run?

August–May (180 instructional days in most states). Fayferz courses are sequenced by lesson number rather than by calendar date, so you can start at any point in the year and a missed week never leaves you out of step.

This guide is general information for orientation, not legal advice. Confirm your obligations with Your state Department of Education before acting on anything here.

Popular in United States

Courses families here start with

Oxford-aligned sequences that transfer cleanly into British-curriculum schools anywhere in the world — useful whether you plan to stay home or return to school later.

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