It's a big step, choosing to teach a child at home rather than sending him or her to school.
There are requirements to measure what home-school students learn, but parents have a lot of latitude in deciding what and how to teach.
For those who feel a bit overwhelmed, there are resources available, both from the public school system, and from the likes of the Cascadia Learning Cooperative. Melissa Palma of Cascadia joins us with a perusal of the institute's offerings.