Texas Tech High School

I would strongly recommend against this school if your child has test anxiety or has any learning disability. Homeschooled students who don't have a 504 plan or IEP may struggle with the final exam and I don't want you to experience the same heartbreak and frustration my daughter had. She suffers from dyslexia and it is difficult to keep facts and figures organized in her head. She did very well on the class projects and quizzes (had a 94% going into the final). She spent over 100 hours on these projects and text reading. After asking for guidance from the instructor as to what to study for the final exam, she basically told her to re-read the 400 pages of text and memorize everything in it. We did the best to have her prepared (studying 12 hours for the final) only to have her receive a 60% on the test. Because you need to score over 70% on the final, she failed the class!! I have a masters in teaching and taught high school myself and was beyond disappointed that they gave her a failing grade in a class that she gave so much time and effort to!
--Submitted by a parent

My son has struggled in the public schools for a period of time now and is doing this program in the beginning struggled with this but as he started completing more courses he has just bloomed and in 1 day did 3 lessons I think that this is a no hassle program with alot of oppurtunity. Deena W.
--Submitted by a parent

Texas Tech is a great program for students who want to home school through high school and who are great independent workers. If they frequently need teachers to answer questions or give direction- then this is not the right school for them. In my experience as a parent- I found the administration very helpful, but the teachers are all MIA. The few times we sent a teacher an email question, it was never replied to- we had to get a counselor or a principal to contact them and make them answer. That is the truth. Curriculum is standard- just exactly what you would get in public school. There aren't many honors or AP classes- but you can do dual credit. Overall, we liked it but don't count on much help from the teachers at this point.
--Submitted by a parent