Small groups. Real teachers. Started by parents.
Redbud is where Indiana parents meet, form a small group, and hire a teacher. We are a meeting place and a marketplace — not a school, not an employer.
Indiana only. Families stay in charge.
A pod is a small group of families who want to learn together and hire a teacher. Redbud is where those families find each other, agree on an approach, and post a role. We are a meeting place and a marketplace. We do not run classrooms, set a school calendar, or employ teachers. Parents stay in charge of the group.
Indiana parents who want a small, parent-led group instead of a big institution — and teachers who want to work with a handful of families at a posted monthly rate. Accounts required to browse pods and teachers.
Redbud 1.0 is how Indiana families find each other, form a pod, hire a teacher, collect the posted tuition, and optionally run the group with classroom tools. The pod stays the school.
Redbud is not a school and not an employer. We do not vet teachers. We do not process ESA / INESA money. Indiana has no required homeschool curriculum list. Parents still owe equivalent instruction (IC 20-33-2-28); that duty stays with the parent. We do not keep the Indiana 180-day attendance book.
Name, age band, zip, size, and a short description. Keep groups small (usually 4–10).
Classical, Montessori, PBL, Charlotte Mason, standards-aligned, unschooling, or custom — tags, not a catalog.
Post a role with schedule and monthly rate. Parents hire. We do not employ teachers.
Families find each other and hire a teacher. We do not run classrooms or claim to be a school.
Create an account. See forming pods and teachers in Indiana. Filter by zip, age band, and philosophy tag (classical, Montessori, PBL, Charlotte Mason, standards-aligned, unschooling, or custom). Tags are labels, not a curriculum store.
A parent starts a pod (name, ages, zip, size, description). Other families join. Current parent members decide who stays.
The pod posts a teacher role with schedule and monthly rate. Teachers apply. Parents hire. Redbud is not the employer.
Families and the teacher meet in the real world. Redbud does not take attendance, issue grades, or claim to be a school.
Philosophy tags only — labels, not a store, not “meets Indiana standards.”
Grammar, logic, rhetoric; great books and discussion. Not a publisher pack.
Mixed-age, child-led, prepared environment. Inspired-by, not AMI-certified.
Subjects wrapped around a real project. You still pick the materials.
Living books, narration, nature study, short lessons. Not AmblesideOnline (that license is link-out only).
Families aiming at a public-school scope. Not “meets Indiana standards.”
Interest-led; no boxed year. Parent still owns instruction.
Your mix. Notes on the pod, not a Redbud SKU.
Early version. Building with Indiana parents and teachers who want a meeting place and a marketplace, not another school brand.
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