How Homeschool Shortlist earns money, and what that does and doesn't change.
Updated November 2026
Affiliate links
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Programs we can earn from
Master Books: Math Lessons for a Living Education, Master Books Language Arts, Master Books Language Lessons, God's Design for Science, the Master Books all-in-one plan, Master Books History and Master Books Civics and the Constitution.
SchoolhouseTeachers.com: SchoolhouseTeachers.com Bible, Schoolhouse Teachers reading courses and Free Men and Free Markets.
Tuttle Twins: The Tuttle Twins books and bundles. Homeschool Shortlist is a participant in the GoAffPro Affiliate Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to the partner site.
What commissions never change
Rankings. Every match comes from your answers and our published scoring rules. A program with no affiliate program is ranked exactly the same way as one with a program.
What we say about a program. Review summaries include the complaints parents report, whether or not we earn from the program.
Which programs we include. Free programs like Khan Academy and Easy Peasy are listed and ranked like any other.
We don't accept payment for placement, reviews or inclusion.