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Online homeschool program (Acellus) - powerhomeschool.org
Depends. Reasonable fit for parents who want self-paced Acellus video courses and will pay $99/month per child. Avoid it if you need accreditation, a low price, or a vendor that won't pull features mid-year.
Medium. Based on 14 public sources; many snippets truncated, limiting depth.
$99/month per student
Power Homeschool
high
$99/month per student — multi-child families multiply the bill
high
Steep 2025 price increase; parents questioned $25-to-$99 jump
high
Features can vanish mid-year; tutoring-mode progress reportedly lost
medium
Parents own compliance, records, and transcripts — this is not a school
Value for money: 2/5
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$99/month per student
Starting price
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$99/month per student
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Parents are split: many like the self-paced video format, but 2025 complaints center on price hikes, outages, and lost progress.
“Heads up for Power Homeschool users. Tutoring mode has been pulled, and parents using it might find that their child's progress has been lost.”
“With Power Homeschool crapping the bed”
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Based on 14 public sources; many snippets truncated, limiting depth.
Self-paced video lessons at $99/child/month; price hikes, pulled features, and no accreditation make it a hard sell for many.
Based on 14 public sources; many snippets truncated, limiting depth.
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