by Sarah Hicks | Dec 7, 2020 | NCHE Blog, Community, Freedom to Homeschool
“Then He said to His disciples, ‘The harvest is plentiful but the laborers are few.”” Matthew 9:38 This year our family had a small garden. Let me rephrase that: this year our family had a very small garden. We grew tomatoes, peppers, carrots,...
by Matthew McDill | Nov 13, 2020 | NCHE Blog, Homeschool Law, NCHE Membership, Freedom to Homeschool, War on Homeschooling
We are part of a powerful, growing state and national homeschooling movement. And that was even before the coronavirus! Now more families than ever are homeschooling and benefiting from this life changing choice. Unfortunately, that means that those who oppose...
by Matthew McDill | Jul 22, 2020 | NCHE Blog, Homeschool Law, Parental Rights, Freedom to Homeschool, News
On July 20, 2020, Jane R. Wettach wrote an article for NC Policy Watch, As homeschooling grows, children need protection. She writes, “A new report from Duke Law School makes a modest proposal focused on the few homeschooled children whose educational needs are not...
by Matthew McDill | Jun 19, 2020 | NCHE Blog, Homeschool Law, Freedom to Homeschool
Companion bills were introduced in the house and senate of the NC General Assembly last month that included laws related to homeschooling (HB 1047 and SB 706). The bills would have impacted homeschool families in two ways. 1) If you were a military family, you would...
by Matthew McDill | Mar 27, 2020 | NCHE Blog, Homeschool Law, NCHE Membership, Parental Rights, Freedom to Homeschool, News
Many of you have already read about the Harvard Summit that will discuss regulating home education. This is a disturbing development as we observe a growing agenda by some to increase government oversight of home education. I wanted to take a moment to provide a...
