There are also programs that let a child (depending upon state) do the curriculum from home. K12.com has a partnership with the state of Georgia. You have onl

There are also programs that let a child (depending upon state) do the curriculum from home. K12.com has a partnership with the state of Georgia. You have online learning, participation in standardized testing, etc. all provided free by the state. We have found this to be a viable alternative for one of our daughters who felt she was being held back in her current middle school. Apparently she was. Not only has she made up the "conversion time"...basically redoing the 2 months worth of online work that she missed while she was in her local middle school at the beginning of the year...she has also improved dramatically. The thing I think that I am most excited about is that she is learning how to teach herself. Her study habits, although good previously, are what I would say I had in my third year of college. If you have a child that is extremely motivated this might be an option for your family. It filled a need for us.