Connections Academy

We decided to switch to online school due to many issues in the public brick and mortar school. Bullying that was never dealt with, lack of communication with staff, no personal attention. I've been amazed at the communication from everyone at Connections Academy! My sons home room teacher is so helpful, attentive to his needs, and I hear from her more times in one week than I heard from prior teachers in a year! Any questions I've had have been answered so promptly, clearly, and we've not been made to feel like an inconvenience. The program is very easy to use, especially once you get the hang out it and there's always help available if needed. Being able to work at his own pace has also been so beneficial. He can work ahead, take his time, take breaks whenever needed. We are definitely very happy with the switch!

They give you a shocking amount of work everyday. All day long you will be working, and its so boring. The system itself is very complex and confusing. I am a parent. So my child can rest, I end up finishing his work for him. I hate this school so much. It has brought me to tears many times. My child use to love History, now he hates everything about learning. We are just going to cheat I suppose. There is no other way. The live lessons are pure boring crap. Send your kid to a real school with human interaction, exercise, recess. I wish I had read the reviews first. It would be easier to make your own curriculum

My kids and I decided to have them move from the local brick and mortar school to Indiana Connections Academy back in 2020, when they're school was closed due to the pandemic. There were too many unknowns and I felt it would be easier and healthier to have them try online school. The results have been better than expected! We struggles, the first year, trying to understand how everything worked, but it has reduced my daughter's anxiety, allowed for easier travel, has helped my son through two illnesses to keep up with his schoolwork, and given each of them more control over their education and personal time. While communication was, at times, delayed with the teachers, we were patient and tried to understand their workload in these new and developing times of remote work and school. I'll recommend INCA to anyone I know!

Worrst online school ever, be prepared to teach your child yourself with the lesson plans they provide, expect college style lecturing with assigned reading and asynchronous work. Basically, as the "learning coach" you're the unpaid teacher and they get paid by the state.

Update: Connections Academy responded by reporting my review as not having a valid email address... I wonder how many bad reviews they get removed in an underhanded and dishonest way.

No matter how well your child is doing, you are required to meet with teachers?! So regardless of an A average, not needing help, you are required to physically speak with your teachers... homeschool? We wake up each morning to a big red "unhappy face" letting us know that her enrollment in this school is jeopardized... despite doing the "live lesson" requirements. In the 6 weeks she has been enrolled, we feel more pressure than we ever did at traditional middle school. We have 2 more months... and we are trying to get through. Think twice before attending Connections Academy :(

I have had to remove both a Freshman and a 6th. Grader for the same reasons. There was entirely too many assignments each day and the Live Lesson were a joke. Live Lessons consisted every day with technical difficulties on the teacher's behalf, continuous chatting among peers about unrelated content-very distracting. Most Live Lessons had zero instruction, but only had to do with showing up to be held accountable for attendance. Meanwhile the Live Lessons were a complete waste of time. If questions were asked by teachers, only one student would usually dominate the entire class. This school left my children feeling like failures and completely destroyed their confidence in school. Terrible waste of time!

Best choice I could've ever made for my girl! She is doing so much more now than when she was in brick and mortar! Don't have to worry about bullies! Our family loves INCA! I want to try and enroll my boys next year, but we will see!

Where do I begin? They didn't make enrollment easy, I spoke to 15 different people who all told me 15 different things, in the end I had to enroll my daughter into a different school entirely which is sad because my daughter really would have benefited from virtually learning. Every document we submitted was rejected even though we submitted what we were told we could submit. You want kids to be apart of hi out program, yet you make it so hard for the parents to Enroll... Just don't understand. If you live in HUD or government housing, I do not recommend this program for your child because they choose not to understand your situation nor understand your "leasing" terms.

My daughter was enrolled for this past school year for third grade. Her teacher was very involved and ALWAYS there for any questions about anything. They did live lessons multiple times a week and always let my child know that she can also contact her with any questions as well. I'm sorry a lot of people have had such a hard time with them. There are a few things in the curriculum that I didn't like all that much but that's kind f with any school.

It looks like the majority of these reviews were written by students who didn't like taking responsibility for their work and parents who thought they could just leave their kids to their own devices all day (apparently forgetting that they're kids and need supervision?). The school isn't easy--they expect you to actually work and keep up with deadlines. You can't goof off and twiddle your thumbs till the last minute then expect to get the work in. The only time I've been admonished by a teacher was when I tried to put off my work till the last minute, and the quality showed that. I've had no problem socializing because I actually, you know, leave the house and go out once I'm done with assignments. Try joining a team or something. Meet people outside of the computer.

I enrolled my son in this school almost a year ago, I should have known and read the reviews before I actually went through with this. They pile work on top of work. My son is Special needs, his grade dropped from an B average to a low D. I'm very dissatisfied, and will be looking for other schools for my son. Also you will never have any type of time for yourself or family.

I have had a child in ca in Pennsylvania and another in ca in tn. The tn branch is a complete joke. Nobody takes responsibility or helps IF and that is a huge IF, they even bother responding to you. My child was confirmed for gifted since the end of last school year. Here I am contacting EVERY person in the webmail for an answer. The assistant principal NEVER responds and the teachers apparently do not have the 'authority' to fix the problem or fi d out what's wrong. Terrible lazy workers. Par the course for TN workers!