by Diane Helfrich | Aug 2, 2021 | NCHE Blog, Reasons to Homeschool, Diversity, College, Testing, Graduation, High School, Culture, Considering Homeschooling, War on Homeschooling, Getting Started, Encouragement
by Diane Helfrich, August 2021 “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” William Butler Yeats In a nutshell, this describes for me the difference between homeschooling and public education. We discover and feed gifts and passions in our...
by Matthew McDill | Mar 26, 2021 | Webinars, Testing, Videos, Homeschool Law, NCHE Blog
The state of North Carolina requires homeschool parents to give their children a nationally standardized achievement test each year. In this video clip, you will hear Debbie Mason read the NC law that requires us to give such a test and explain what a nationally...
by Amanda Wares | Mar 5, 2021 | Webinars, Testing, NCHE Blog
Tests. Just that one word is enough to send a little shiver down your spine, isn’t it? Whether it is tests at school, the doctor’s office, or the DMV, testing doesn’t tend to be our favorite thing. I would guess that most of us have at least a little test anxiety. Or...
by WhitneyCrowell | Oct 19, 2020 | NCHE Blog, Testing, Homeschool Law, DNPE
by NCHE Guest Contributor Whitney Cranford Crowell Out of all the months of the year, October is perhaps the one most associated with the ghoulish and the ghostly. But no witch or goblin could ever strike fear into the hearts of new homeschoolers as much as our...
