by Diane Helfrich | Aug 13, 2021 | Parenting, NCHE Blog, Encouragement, Community, Homeschooling in Crisis, Parental Rights, Freedom to Homeschool, War on Homeschooling, Considering Homeschooling, Culture, High School, Discipleship, Young Children, Teaching Strategies, Middle School, Reasons to Homeschool, Uncategorized
by Diane Helfrich, August 2021 Once a child enters our lives, we start thinking about the years to come—their first words and steps turn into school, graduation, and college, and then, we hope, a successful launch to adulthood. Part of how well our child negotiates...
by Diane Helfrich | Jul 20, 2021 | Considering Homeschooling, Culture, Freedom to Homeschool, NCHE Blog, Encouragement, Community, Parental Rights
by Diane Helfrich, July 2021 We now live in a time where the government defines what is taught in our schools and how. While it has always been that way to an extent, we’ve watched the degradation of the quality of education over time. Schools accommodate learners who...
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 | Freedom to Homeschool, NCHE Blog, Homeschool Law, NCHE Membership, 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
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 | Homeschool Law, Freedom to Homeschool, NCHE Blog
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...