by Diane Helfrich | Dec 3, 2021 | NCHE Blog, Parental Rights, Freedom to Homeschool, Culture, Videos, Reasons to Homeschool
We are part of a powerful, growing state and national homeschooling movement. And that was the case even before the coronavirus! Now, more families than ever are homeschooling and benefiting from this life-changing choice. North Carolina is second only to Alaska in...
by Matthew McDill | Aug 17, 2021 | Resources, NCHE Blog, Parental Rights, Parenting, Discipleship, Reasons to Homeschool
by Matthew McDill, Aug 2021 Some of my very favorite times as a dad are when I sit with my teens, enjoying some coffee and real-life conversation. We talk about school, work, relationships, faith, the Bible, the world, philosophy, politics, and anything else they have...
by Diane Helfrich | Aug 13, 2021 | Parenting, Considering Homeschooling, Culture, High School, Discipleship, Young Children, Teaching Strategies, Middle School, Reasons to Homeschool, War on Homeschooling, NCHE Blog, Encouragement, Community, Homeschooling in Crisis, Parental Rights, Freedom 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 | Parental Rights, NCHE Blog, Encouragement, Community, Freedom to Homeschool, Considering Homeschooling, Culture
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 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 | Apr 24, 2020 | Parental Rights, War on Homeschooling, NCHE Blog
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...
