Term is the tool we use at our own kitchen table.
When my wife and I started homeschooling, we quickly found ourselves in over our heads. Curricula, programs, planners, requirements - it was a whirlwind we weren't prepared to navigate.
We knew we could teach, because we know our kids better than anyone. But we aren't educators, and keeping everything in order is a skill set none of us are trained on. The overwhelm of day-to-day life, combined with the fear of letting our kids down, had us almost ready to quit.
The tools we tried were calendars wearing a school uniform. They could keep track of plans, but they couldn't adapt to a real, busy life. They certainly couldn't keep the kids' progress front-and-center, maintaining expectations while allowing flexibility.
So Term is built the other way around. It's not just a tool, but a shared brain for the homeschool. It starts from your philosophy and your bookshelf, holds the whole picture, and does the work to keep a year on track. It keeps you in the driver's seat of your homeschool, because the person who knows your kids is you.
What we believe
Every homeschool year goes off script. But your priorities don't change, just because things don't always go according to plan. Term keeps you on track without turning flexibility into failure.
Term's Assistant, like any AI tool, has useful opinions, good suggestions, and zero authority. It helps you where you're not sure and shines a light on blind spots, but every decision stays in your hands.
We believe the best thing for a kid's education is you, your loving involvement, and your family's values. At the same time, education comes with real expectations. Term is built to help you make the most of homeschooling, rather than replace you with someone else's system.
Your data is yours. That's more important than ever, in a world where everything is online and especially when it comes to protecting data about your children. We work hard to keep your family's information safe, with end-to-end encryption, siloed records, and regular security audits. When our system interacts with a third-party platform, like our AI processors, every bit is anonymized and transient, never stored or used for training. And we never sell or share your information, for any reason. Learn more in our Privacy Policy