I don't homeschool my three kids, but I've spent a lot of time learning about, working with, and tracking the homeschooling community. (And if we didn't live i

I don't homeschool my three kids, but I've spent a lot of time learning about, working with, and tracking the homeschooling community. (And if we didn't live in a community with a school that largely meets our needs, I would homeschool them in a heartbeat.) I'm working on a PhD in technology and education, and have a lot of good things to say about the educational methods that homeschoolers are using. And yes, it's a huge and untapped market, which very few people realize is large, growing, and quite viable. I actually spent some time trying to raise seed funding for an e-learning startup that would have addressed many of the needs of the homeschooling market. Unfortunately, many investors have been burned badly by e-learning companies, and weren't interested. But even those who were interested were somewhere between amused and horrified by the idea of addressing homeschoolers, who are (incorrectly) seen as a bunch of crazies. In the end, financial realities forced me to return to consulting and my PhD work, rather than my startup. But I remain convinced that homeschoolers are the educational equivalent of high tech's early adopters, and that it's far wiser to address their market than to compete for the shrinking, bureaucratic, and inflexible market for schools.