Interesting idea but not really necessary if you live in an area with even a moderately sized home schooling community. In the Portland area I think the bigges

Interesting idea but not really necessary if you live in an area with even a moderately sized home schooling community. In the Portland area I think the biggest co-op serving this need is http://villagehome.org/ http://villagehome.org/. It's working great and costs less than a private school (and can be nearly free if you're willing to give back by teaching). I was home schooled for a few years in the '80s, and even then we had a co-op and decent sized community where we got together regularly to learn from some bright teachers.