by Diane Helfrich | Jul 20, 2021 | Culture, Considering Homeschooling, Freedom to Homeschool, Parental Rights, Community, Encouragement, NCHE Blog
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 | Homeschool Law, Freedom to Homeschool, Parental Rights, NCHE Blog
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 | War on Homeschooling, Parental Rights, 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...
by Matthew McDill | Mar 27, 2020 | Freedom to Homeschool, Parental Rights, NCHE Membership, Homeschool Law, NCHE Blog, 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...