Homeschool curricula, compared
One honest page per program: what it covers, what it costs your family, how a lesson is taught, and where the Bible sits. Every fact is checked on the program's own site, dated and linked. We built Ezra, so read these as one family's comparison — we have tried to be fair on every line.
A year of curriculum for your family
Most programs charge per student; Ezra charges per household. Move the slider to the number of children in your home and the chart re-counts every program. Prices are each program's listed price for a full year of its core subjects, checked on the dates given on each page; "free" programs cost nothing but your time.
Ezra: $15 × 12 at the introductory price (normally $19 a month), one price for up to six children. Programs priced per course or sold as book sets are shown at the price of a full year of core subjects for one child; the page for each program says exactly what that counts.
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Online Christian curricula and schools
Ezra vs Abeka Academy
Abeka Academy is Abeka's video homeschool for K4 to Grade 12 — a classroom teacher on video, Abeka textbooks, and an accredited option with report cards and transcripts — priced per student; Ezra is a Grades 1–9 curriculum priced for the household. Here is how they compare, line by line.
Ezra vs BJU Press
BJU Press Homeschool's online video courses put a teacher on video in front of your child every day, with BJU Press textbooks beside the screen, sold as a full-grade kit per student; Ezra is a Grades 1–9 curriculum priced for the household. Here is how they compare, line by line.
Ezra vs Easy Peasy
Easy Peasy is Lee Giles's free online Christian curriculum for preschool to Grade 8, built from free materials on the internet; Ezra is a paid Grades 1–9 curriculum with its own narrated lessons and hands-on practice. Here is an honest look at free against paid, line by line.
Ezra vs Enlightium Academy
Enlightium Academy is an accredited online Christian private school for PreK–12 — teachers, transcripts, a diploma — with tuition per student; Ezra is a Grades 1–9 curriculum the parent runs at home, priced for the household. A school and a curriculum are different things; here is how they compare, line by line.
Ezra vs Kirkwood Education Online
Kirkwood Education Online is a video-and-workbook program for preschool to Grade 5, priced per student by the month; Ezra is a Grades 1–9 curriculum priced for the household. Here is how they compare, line by line.
Ezra vs Liberty University Online Academy
Liberty University Online Academy is an accredited online Christian school for K–12 — certified teachers grade the work, and the school keeps transcripts and issues a diploma — with tuition per student; Ezra is a Grades 1–9 curriculum the parent runs at home, priced for the household. A school and a curriculum are different things; here is how they compare, line by line.
Ezra vs Monarch
Monarch is Alpha Omega's online curriculum for Grades 3–12, priced per student; Ezra is a Grades 1–9 curriculum priced for the household. Here is how they compare, line by line.
Ezra vs Northgate Academy
Northgate Academy is an accredited online Christian high school for Grades 9–12 — self-paced courses, coaches, transcripts and a diploma — with tuition per student; Ezra is a Grades 1–9 curriculum the parent runs at home, priced for the household. The two meet only in Grade 9, and a school and a curriculum are different things; here is how they compare, line by line.
Ezra vs SchoolhouseTeachers.com
SchoolhouseTeachers.com is The Old Schoolhouse's membership library of hundreds of parent-led courses for Pre-K to Grade 12, one price for the family; Ezra is a Grades 1–9 curriculum in five subjects, also one price for the household. Here is how they compare, line by line.
Ezra vs Switched-On Schoolhouse
Switched-On Schoolhouse was Alpha Omega's computer-based curriculum for families and is no longer sold; Ignitia is its school edition, sold to Christian schools; Monarch is what AOP offers families today, priced per student. Ezra is a Grades 1–9 curriculum priced for the household. Here is what replaced SOS, and how it compares with Ezra.
The big Christian publishers (print, video, classical)
Ezra vs A.C.E. PACEs
A.C.E. PACEs are self-instructional print workbooks a child works and scores himself, bought by level and subject; Ezra is an online curriculum for Grades 1–9 priced for the household. Here is how they compare, line by line.
Ezra vs Apologia
Apologia is best known for its creation-based science, sold as print sets and self-paced online courses from Kindergarten to Grade 12, with Bible, math and some literature beside it; Ezra teaches no science at all, so this page compares the two on Bible, English and writing, and says plainly where each stops. Here is how they compare, line by line.
Ezra vs Christian Light Education
Christian Light Education is a conservative Mennonite publisher's print curriculum of workbooks the child works on his own, bought subject by subject; Ezra is an online curriculum for Grades 1–9 priced for the household. Here is how they compare, line by line.
Ezra vs Classical Conversations
Classical Conversations is a classical Christian homeschool community: a weekly class day with a tutor, and the parent teaching memory work at home the other four days, with tuition and fees per child; Ezra is an online Grades 1–9 curriculum in five subjects, priced for the household. Here is how they compare, line by line.
Ezra vs Compass Classroom
Compass Classroom is a library of streaming video courses for middle and high school, taught by named teachers and sold course by course or as a family membership; Ezra is a Grades 1–9 curriculum in five subjects, one price for the household. Here is how they compare, line by line.
Ezra vs Generations
Generations is Kevin Swanson's print curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade 12, bought as a grade package of books for each child and taught by the parent at the table; Ezra is a Grades 1–9 online curriculum priced for the household. Here is how they compare, line by line.
Ezra vs Heart of Dakota
Heart of Dakota is a Christian, Charlotte Mason-style curriculum sold as a teacher's guide with daily plans and the living books it schedules, taught by the parent from preschool to Grade 12; Ezra is an online Grades 1–9 curriculum in five subjects, priced for the household. Here is how they compare, line by line.
Ezra vs Horizons
Horizons is Alpha Omega's print workbook curriculum for preschool to Grade 8, taught by the parent from a teacher's guide and bought by the grade set or the subject; Ezra is a Grades 1–9 online curriculum priced for the household. Here is how they compare, line by line.
Ezra vs LIFEPAC
LIFEPAC is Alpha Omega's print curriculum of worktexts the child works on his own, sold by subject or as a full-grade set; Ezra is an online curriculum for Grades 1–9 priced for the household. Here is how they compare, line by line.
Ezra vs Master Books
Master Books is a Christian publisher whose print curriculum is bought by course or as a four-subject set for one grade; Ezra is an online curriculum for Grades 1–9 priced for the household. Here is how they compare, line by line.
Ezra vs Memoria Press
Memoria Press is a classical Christian curriculum sold as a boxed set of books per grade, with Latin from Grade 3 and a day-by-day manual the parent teaches from; Ezra is an online Grades 1–9 curriculum in five subjects, priced for the household. Here is how they compare, line by line.
Ezra vs My Father's World
My Father's World is a print unit-study curriculum for preschool to Grade 12, built on Bible, history and real books, taught by the parent from a weekly chart, with math and language arts bought separately; Ezra is a Grades 1–9 online curriculum priced for the household. Here is how they compare, line by line.
Ezra vs Rod and Staff
Rod and Staff is a print textbook curriculum for preschool to Grade 10 from Rod and Staff Publishers of Crockett, Kentucky, sold through dealers and taught by the parent; Ezra is a Grades 1–9 online curriculum priced for the household. Here is how they compare, line by line.
Ezra vs Sonlight
Sonlight is a literature-based print curriculum for preschool to Grade 12, sold as a box of real books with an Instructor's Guide that the parent teaches from; Ezra is a Grades 1–9 online curriculum priced for the household. Here is how they compare, line by line.
Ezra vs The Good and the Beautiful
The Good and the Beautiful is a print curriculum bought one level at a time, with its Language Arts and Math course books also free as PDFs; Ezra is an online curriculum for Grades 1–9 priced for the household. Here is how they compare, line by line.
Ezra vs Veritas Press
Veritas Press is a classical Christian publisher that sells self-paced video courses, live online classes through Veritas Scholars Academy and book kits for the parent to teach, all priced per course; Ezra is a Grades 1–9 curriculum in five subjects priced for the household. Here is how they compare, line by line.
Secular programs families ask about — and a Christian alternative
Ezra vs CTCMath
CTCMath is a math-only video curriculum for K–12 with one family price for all the children in the house; Ezra is a Christian Grades 1–9 curriculum in five subjects, also one price for the household. Here is how the two compare on mathematics, line by line.
Ezra vs IXL
IXL is the secular online practice program — thousands of skills with endless generated questions, priced per child — whose practice Ezra's own skills are modelled on; Ezra is a Christian curriculum in five subjects with a Bible verse in every strand, priced for the household. Here is how they compare, line by line.
Ezra vs Khan Academy
Khan Academy is a free, secular nonprofit library of video lessons and practice exercises from kindergarten to college, with a free app for ages 2–8; Ezra is a paid Christian Grades 1–9 curriculum with narrated lessons and hands-on practice. Here is an honest look at free against paid, for a family looking for a Christian alternative.
Ezra vs Miacademy
Miacademy is a secular online K–8 curriculum with videos, games and a moderated online community, priced per student; Ezra is a Christian Grades 1–9 curriculum with no games or community, priced for the household. Power Homeschool, the Acellus program families often weigh beside Miacademy, is noted too. Here is how they compare, line by line.
Ezra vs Teaching Textbooks
Teaching Textbooks is a math-only app for Math 3 through Pre-Calculus, priced per course per student; Ezra is a Christian Grades 1–9 curriculum in five subjects, priced for the household. Here is how the two compare on mathematics, line by line.
Ezra vs Time4Learning
Time4Learning is a secular online curriculum for preschool to Grade 12, priced per student with a sibling discount; Ezra is a Christian Grades 1–9 curriculum priced for the household. Here is how they compare, line by line, for a family looking for a Christian alternative.
And Ezra Learning itself
Grades 1–9 in Mathematics, English, Spelling, Bible and Geography: about 6,900 hands-on practice skills, 1,220 narrated lessons with a printable sheet each, and a library of 147 books and packs. Scripture (Berean Standard Bible) is read word for word in every strand of every subject; there are no cartoons, games or characters. $15 a month per household, up to six children; the first two sections of every subject and grade are free. See the curriculum →
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