by Matthew McDill | May 15, 2020 | NCHE Blog, Considering Homeschooling
There is growing reason to believe that more parents will consider homeschooling after the lockdown. Here are a few indicators. A headline from a RealClear Opinion Research survey: National Poll: 40% of Families More Likely to Homeschool After Lockdowns End. An...
by Matthew McDill | May 7, 2020 | NCHE Blog, Homeschool Law
There is a bill currently being considered by committees in both the NC House of Representatives (HB 1047) and Senate (SB 706) that includes language that would affect all homeschool families. The NCHE legislative committee has posted this statement about why we...
by Matthew McDill | Apr 30, 2020 | NCHE Blog, Parenting, Teens
I had a meeting with my oldest son yesterday. It was our weekly scheduled meeting. He sat down and said, “Do you have anything to say?” I laughed because this was a strange way to start the conversation. I assumed that he was asking because he didn’t have any...
by Matthew McDill | Apr 24, 2020 | NCHE Blog, Parental Rights, War on Homeschooling
In the May-June issue of Harvard Magazine, there appears an article titled “The Risks of Homeschooling.” The author, Erin O’ Donnell, reports on a paper by Harvard professor Elizabeth Bartholet that recommends that homeschooling should be banned. The rational is that...
by Matthew McDill | Apr 17, 2020 | NCHE Blog, Community, Uncategorized
You have decided to homeschool in a time when we have more opportunities than ever before—both in the number of groups and diversity of groups devoted to helping home educators. Homeschool support groups, co-ops, and associations are primarily comprised of like-minded...
