Our online Intro to Statistics course for high school homeschoolers is offered as a full-year live class or in a self-paced format. Students will still explore major themes of statistics such as data collection, experimental design, probability, and testing statistical claims through inference procedures. The class will move at a slower pace than AP Statistics teaching students to hone writing skills through statistical interpretations and life applications. Statistics is relevant to every field!
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Live Intro to Statistics Classes: Students will learn through a combination of teacher produced instructional lessons, fun real-world application activities, engaging Crash Course videos and peer discussions. Students should come ready to discuss how statistics is applied to their future careers and everyday life around them.
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Self-Paced Intro to Statistics: Students cover the same material as the live class through weekly teacher produced instructional lessons and activities. Students will receive the same detailed feedback on all assignments from the instructor. There will be no peer discussions in this class as students will progress through the self-paced class at a pace that fits their schedule.
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Optional Live Study Hall: The instructor will offer a weekly study hall that can be utilized in two ways:
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Drop in. Students can drop in to a Zoom study hall at any time for a quick question.
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Homework time. They can log in to a Zoom study hall--with microphones muted and videos on or off--to work on their math homework and then unmute to get immediate help when questions arise.
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Class Details
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Class Options:
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Live Intro to Statistics | Traditional full-year class
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Self-Paced Intro to Statistics | Available to start from Sept 1 to Dec 1, 2026 | Must be completed by June 30, 2027
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Tuition & Fees:
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Live Intro to Statistics: $700
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Self-Paced Intro to Statistics Tuition: $475
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Digital Resources Fee: $55 (ebook included)
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See all required class resources HERE.
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Instructor: Ashley Porter
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Class Dates: August 18, 2025 to May 8, 2026
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Optional Live Study Hall: Thursdays @ 6-8:00 p.m. Eastern
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Grade Level: 9th and up (14+) | Successfully completed Algebra 2 or Integrated Math 2
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Live class size: 10
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See our FAQ page for:
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age/grade guidelines, prerequisites, and class fit recommendations
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a complete list of days, times, and breaks
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a list of CA charter schools where this course is a-g approved
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Average weekly time estimate, including recorded instructional videos: 5-6 hours
Foundational Elements
All classes include teacher-recorded videos to show important skills like collecting data, creating graphical displays, analyzing data and using probabilities to make statistical claims.
In their online classroom, students will see some of the following:
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Short instructional videos demonstrating the use of statistics in the real world
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Supplemental instructional videos to help formalize ideas are being discovered through the activities
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Activities from StatsMedic showing real-world applications
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Homework problems that build on concepts students learn in assigned activities
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Chapter tests to assess student’s mastery of topics
Core and Supplemental Resources
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This class will use 5th edition of Statistics and Probability with Applications by Daren Starnes, Josh Tabor, and Luke Wilcox (2025). This textbook will explain statistical concepts in a clear manner and use a scaffolding approach to help students master concepts.
Ashley Porter has a particular passion for statistics and wanted an introduction class that all students could take to focus on the basics of Statistics. She hopes students will join her in this highly useful class and believes students will find it relevant and interesting no matter where their interests lie in high school, college, and beyond!
More about Ashley Porter
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Ashley Porter is a graduate of North Carolina State University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics and two minors--in Statistics and Environmental Science--all in under four years.
For as long as she can remember, mathematics and its relationship to daily life has fascinated her. Throughout high school and college, her amazing teachers helped nurture a love for mathematics and its unique language. Her passion for numbers grew exponentially with each new concept learned. Originally attending NC State in hopes of pursuing a Civil Engineering degree, Ashley
switched to Applied Mathematics and Statistics in her sophomore year, as she quickly found a deeper passion for abstract topics--where two multiplied by two no longer equals four.
Before college, she took every math class her high school offered, while also tutoring her peers in a variety of math topics. During her sophomore and junior years at NC State, she was a Teacher’s Assistant for Calculus 2. Her experience tutoring in both high school and college kindled a passion for teaching. Her goal is to provide a positive learning environment, preserving the importance of mathematics while empowering students to unlock the ability to see it in a whole new way. Ashley is committed to helping students develop a growth mindset as they tackle and learn difficult topics in math. Her sincere hope is to help others increase their love of math through fun and optimism.
Some of her favorite math topics include geometry, abstract algebra, logic, and statistics. In addition to teaching high school math at Blue Tent, Ashley currently tutors online at Zooming Through Math, and previously taught mathematics in a private school in Clayton, North Carolina.
Ashley and her husband live in a small town just south of Raleigh with their baby (well, fur baby). She loves traveling, playing board games, hosting friends, drawing and journaling and is actively involved in her church community. In 2016 she traveled to Indonesia, Germany, and the Netherlands, making a full 360-degree circle around the globe in under 30 days.