You're not imagining it — something changed. Per-child pricing, tutor mode removed, and a curriculum that prioritizes speed over understanding. Here's a straight comparison.
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We'll let the details speak. Here's how OMLA and Power Homeschool compare on the things that actually matter to families.
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Pricing Model
How you pay for multiple kids
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✓ Family Win
$2,500/year — entire household
One price. 1 kid or 5 kids — same cost. No per-child add-ons, ever.
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Per-child annual fees
Each additional child adds cost. Families with 3+ kids saw 2–3× price jumps after 2025 renewal.
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Learning Approach
How kids advance through material
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✓ Mastery-Based
Advance by proving understanding
Students master concepts before moving on. No "did you check the box?" completion. Real comprehension checkpoints.
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Speed/credit-hour based
Progress tied to hours logged, not demonstrated understanding. Families report kids advancing without truly grasping material.
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Science / Hands-On
Physical materials and real labs
🏆 Top reason families switch
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✓ Included — No Extra Cost
Science kits shipped to your door — included in enrollment
Real experiments, not just screens. One starter tools kit per grade band + consumables refilled every 12 weeks. $2,500 covers curriculum, kits, and all students in your household.
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✗ Screen-based only
No physical materials included. Science labs are simulated or virtual. Parents must source and pay for their own supplies separately.
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Curriculum Worldview
Curriculum worldview
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✓ Fully Inclusive
Inclusive, philosophy-first
Evidence-based science. Diverse historical perspectives. Ethics woven in from Kindergarten — not from any religious lens.
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Faith-adjacent content
Aligned with certain religious assumptions in some subjects. Some families have reported feeling excluded from the curriculum framing.
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Parent Support Tools
How parents guide learning
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✓ Built-In Guides
Parent read-aloud guides + rubrics
Every lesson includes a parent facilitation guide. No teaching credential required. Mastery rubrics tell you exactly what to look for.
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Tutor mode removed (2025)
The parent/tutor oversight feature was removed in 2025 without replacement. Families now have less visibility into what kids are actually doing.
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Multi-Child Families
Households with 2+ kids
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✓ Built For You
One license, unlimited students
The family license was designed for multi-child households. Same dashboard, multiple student profiles, one renewal.
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Per-child model
Each child requires a separate enrollment fee. For large families, annual cost can exceed $2,000–$4,000+ depending on package.
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Enrollment Flexibility
When you can start
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✓ Start Any Week
Rolling enrollment — no fixed start
Kindergarten open now. Roll in any Monday. No waiting for a "school year" to begin.
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Annual enrollment windows
Tied to traditional school-year cycles. Families switching mid-year may lose partial-year payments.
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Transcript & Records
College prep documentation
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✓ Portfolio + transcript tools
Built-in transcript templates, portfolio progress tracking, and rubric-graded assessments for college applications.
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✓ Credit hours documented
Credit-hour based transcripts provided. Accepted by many colleges but based on time logged rather than demonstrated mastery.
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How many children will be learning?
* Power Homeschool estimate based on ~$1,200/child/year (standard annual enrollment). Actual pricing varies by package. OMLA $2,500/yr covers all children in one household.
These are the patterns we hear most. If any of these sound familiar, you're not alone.
We watched families scramble every time a platform changed its pricing or gutted a feature without warning. Homeschooling families deserve curriculum that doesn't hold their kids hostage to a pricing model. OMLA exists because the tools that should exist — mastery-based, inclusive, hands-on, family-licensed — just didn't. So we built them.
The families switching from Power Homeschool right now aren't leaving because homeschooling failed them. They're leaving because a curriculum failed to grow with them. We're here for those families.
What families found after making the switch to OMLA.
"We had three kids in Power Homeschool. After the 2025 renewal, our bill went from $900 to over $2,600. OMLA is $2,500 flat — and our kids actually understand what they're learning now. The mastery approach changed everything."
"Finding an inclusive curriculum that doesn't feel like an afterthought is hard. OMLA is genuinely inclusive — not half-hearted about it. My kids are learning critical thinking and philosophy from Kindergarten. It's exactly what we were looking for."
"My daughter was doing 'science' by watching YouTube videos. That's not science. Three months into OMLA's kit-based labs, she's running controlled experiments and explaining variables to her grandparents. The difference is night and day."
Kindergarten enrollment is open right now. Preview free lessons first, or enroll directly. Rolling start dates — no waiting for a new school year.
One family license · All kids included · Start any week · $2,500/year or $225/month
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