Apex domains cannot have CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig homeschoolersacademy.com. NS
Answer
homeschoolersacademy.com. 5 NS ns2.homeschoolersacademy.com.
homeschoolersacademy.com. 5 NS ns1.homeschoolersacademy.com.
Authority
The response has no authority records.
Additional
ns1.homeschoolersacademy.com. 5 A 125.253.122.15
ns2.homeschoolersacademy.com. 5 A 125.253.122.16
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0