Questions parents actually ask

Is my child’s data private?

Yes, and it is built in at the database level, not promised in a policy. Every family’s data is isolated so that one family can never see another’s. Not through a bug, not through a clever query. Your children’s names, work, and notes stay inside your account.

When we study what works across students (“does moving math earlier help most 2nd graders?”), we use de-identified data only: no names, no free text, nothing that traces back to your child. Young children never get their own login credentials. They start school from a parent-approved device with a simple PIN, so there is no under-13 account collection at all.

And the work itself (transcripts, progress records, tutor conversations) belongs to you. You can read it, export it, and take it with you at any time.

Does the AI replace me as the teacher?

No. You are the head of school; the AI is staff. It drafts the plan you asked for, runs the lesson mechanics, and flags what it notices. But you set the goals, you approve the year plan before it starts, you approve every weekly change, and you can read every word the tutor says to your child.

The tutor is also deliberately limited: it gives hints, not answers, it stays inside the plan you approved, and it never nudges your child toward opinions or goals you did not choose. If you want less AI involvement for a particular child, you can dial it down or turn it off.

What about Utah’s legal requirements?

Under current Utah law, homeschooling requires a one-time notification to your school district. Once filed, it stands unless your situation changes (for example, moving districts). The system knows this: it walks you through what to file, tracks that it is done, and reminds you only if something actually requires action.

We also keep the records a homeschool family is expected to be able to produce: attendance derived automatically from completed school days, progress reports, and (for high schoolers) credits and transcripts. We verify requirements state by state before opening a state, which is why Utah is first. We are careful about one thing: we track requirements and keep your records, but we are not a law firm. For unusual situations, we will tell you when a question deserves a real attorney.

What if my 2nd grader reads at a 6th-grade level?

Then she gets 6th-grade reading material inside a 2nd-grader’s experience. We treat three things as completely separate: the grade your child is enrolled in (what the state sees), the way the app looks and behaves (big buttons and read-aloud for little kids, dense agendas for teens), and the actual working level of each subject.

So an advanced reader keeps her age-appropriate interface and her grade-2 records, while her reading blocks pull from material that actually challenges her. The same works in reverse: a 5th grader who needs 3rd-grade math gets it without shame, without labels, and without holding back his other subjects. The initial placement check finds these gaps, and the weekly adjustments keep tracking them as your child grows.

Can my high schooler earn real credits and a transcript?

Yes. For grades 9-12 the plan is organized into credit-bearing courses. The system tracks credits and GPA, maps progress against Utah graduation requirements and college-prep paths, and generates a clean transcript document you can send with applications.

Homeschool transcripts issued by a parent are how homeschool graduates apply to college. Ours just makes the record-keeping behind them effortless and defensible: every credit is backed by the actual logged work underneath it.

What happens if I cancel?

You keep your records. That is the promise, with no asterisk. Records export (transcripts, attendance, progress, your child’s work) is available every day you are a member and it remains available when you cancel. Homeschool families are obligated to keep records; software should never hold them hostage.

Canceling is self-service from your billing page: no phone call, no “retention specialist.” If you also want your data deleted after you have exported it, ask and we delete it.

How does the weekly adaptation actually work?

All week, the system quietly collects what really happened: which lessons clicked, which dragged, where focus fell apart, what your child said to the tutor when stuck. At the end of the week it analyzes that record and proposes specific changes: reteach this differently, move that subject earlier, this is too easy, accelerate.

Two rules keep it trustworthy. First, changes only touch upcoming lessons (never a day your child is in the middle of), and they wait for your approval before the new week starts. Second, every adjustment comes with a falsifiable prediction: “if we move reading to the first block, focus should improve within two weeks.” Then the system checks its own prediction against what happened and shows you the result, right or wrong. You should never have to take our word that it is working.

Isn’t this just more screen time?

We share the worry. For young kids especially, the app is the guide, not the screen. A kindergartener’s lessons are mostly parent-taught, off-screen: reading together on the couch, counting real objects, drawing, building. The app’s job is to tell you what to do, keep the rhythm with a gentle timer, and record how it went. Tapping a button at the end of a block is not screen time in any meaningful sense.

As kids grow into independent work, screen use grows deliberately, but lessons stay short and focused by design, because attention is the scarce resource. The interface itself is intentionally calm: no points, no streaks, no confetti, nothing engineered to keep a child staring at it one minute longer than the lesson needs.

My child has ADHD / dyslexia / is gifted. Will this work for us?

Many families homeschool precisely because a classroom could not adapt, so this is a first-class design concern, not an add-on. Onboarding asks directly about learning differences, and each child’s profile carries their accommodations: shorter blocks and movement breaks for a kid who cannot sit still, chunked instructions and dyslexia-friendlier formatting for a struggling reader, faster and deeper material for a child who is chronically under-challenged.

The year plan, the daily lessons, and the tutor all draw on that profile, and the weekly adaptation keeps refining what actually helps your particular child rather than applying a label’s stereotype. To be plain about the limits: we are an education tool, not a diagnostic or therapy service. We work from what you know about your child, and we do not diagnose.

What happens over the summer?

You pause, and billing stops. One click puts your subscription on hold for the break; you keep read-only access to every plan, record, and transcript the whole time, which is useful for park-day paperwork and co-op signups. When you are ready to start the new year, unpause and pick up where you left off, with a fresh year plan built on everything the system already knows about your child.

Year-round schoolers can simply keep going. The pause exists for your schedule; it is never required.

We’re not in Utah. Can we still join?

Soon. The teaching side (personalized plans, daily lessons, the tutor, weekly adaptation) is not state-specific, but the compliance guidance is, and we refuse to ship legal guidance we have not deeply verified. Utah is first because that is where we live and homeschool; other states follow one at a time, each properly researched before we open enrollment there.

Join the waitlist and tell us your state. That is genuinely the data that decides which states we verify next.

How much of my day does this take as the parent?

More than zero, on purpose. You are still the teacher, and with young kids you are the one at the table for most lessons. What disappears is the other job: the nights spent planning weeks, hunting curriculum, second-guessing levels, assembling records, and tracking requirements. The system does the planning, watching, and paperwork; your time goes to actually teaching your child, with a clear script for every day and a weekly five-minute review where you stay in command of where the year is heading.