| The Calvert Educational Program was a primary | | | | just stay in the area that the Calvert school |
| middle school in the early 1900's that was | | | | serviced. Hillyer decided to examine his |
| overseen by a Harvard taught educational | | | | market by placing ads in National Geographic |
| facilities adviser named Virgil Hillyer. Even | | | | for his general education curriculum for only |
| though there were multitudes of schools being | | | | 5 dollars. Since the response was |
| run in those days, the Calvert Educational | | | | overwhelming, Calvert eventually started to |
| Program is one of the only schools that are | | | | market their full line of study accessible to |
| seen and discussed when the topic of | | | | moms opting for one explanation or another to |
| Homeschooling arises. What did Calvert do | | | | homeschool their kids. Within 5 years of |
| differently and how did a weekday school | | | | starting to market this distance-learning |
| settle into part of thousands of | | | | curriculum, more than 300 young people were |
| homeschooling dads' discussions to this day? | | | | entered in the Calvert method of education in |
| | | | their own homes. |
| Primarily, is was this Harvard academician | | | | |
| who had the strategy to sell the classroom's | | | | When the 1930's came around, you not only |
| educational program to parents who were | | | | could track down Calvert core curriculum in |
| unable to send their youngsters to Calvert. | | | | the United States, but it was also in more |
| This was much acclaimed by the parents | | | | than 50 countries! The US Government even |
| because they were then able to give their | | | | began using the Calvert general studies to |
| youngsters the same educative favor at home | | | | instruct soldiers' dependents who were |
| sweet home as those parents who had the | | | | stationed throughout the pulsating universe. |
| capability to send their little kids directly | | | | Calvert educational materials in the home are |
| to the Calvert day school. | | | | still going strong and celebrated its 100th |
| | | | anniversary in 2006. |
| As you can picture, this practice did not | | | | |