What Is a Nationally Standardized Test?

by Matthew McDill | Mar 26, 2021 | NCHE Blog, Homeschool Law, Videos, Testing, Webinars

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...

Legislative Update—NC Homeschool Tax Credit Bill

by Matthew McDill | Mar 16, 2021 | NCHE Blog, Homeschool Law

Update, March 24 There has been no movement on this bill since March 16.  Original article: On March 15, 2021, Senators Chuck Edwards, Ralph Hise, and Vickie Sawyer filed Senate Bill 297, entitled “An Act to Create a Tax Credit for Home School Children.” This is a...

“I Don’t Want to Go to College. . . . Wait, Yes, I Do.”

by Matthew McDill | Jan 8, 2021 | College, NCHE Blog, Homeschool Law, Teens, High School, Graduation

I’d like to tell you a story about what happened with one of my high school students that points to several important homeschooling principles: In NC, parents decide what is required for a student to graduate, not the state or any other organization.  If your student...

They Want to Take Away Your Right to Homeschool

by Matthew McDill | Nov 13, 2020 | NCHE Membership, Freedom to Homeschool, War on Homeschooling, NCHE Blog, Homeschool Law

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...

Five Reasons NOT to Be Scared of the Testing Requirement

by WhitneyCrowell | Oct 19, 2020 | Testing, NCHE Blog, DNPE, Homeschool Law

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...

As Homeschooling Grows, Do Children Need More Protection?

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...