Guard It Well
1 Sep 2000Guard It Wellby Lisa Sharpe In April, our family celebrated the eleventh anniversary of our first day of school at home. I mark it by that first NCHE Book Fair I attended in a church facility...
View ArticleNot on Our Watch!
Hal & Melanie YoungHal and Melanie Young are the parents of eight children who were homeschooled from the beginning (with three of them graduated so far). Their first six were boys, which led to...
View ArticleKevin’s Kluge: Toward a Culture of Learning
Kevin McClainKevin McClain and his wife, Brea, started homeschooling in 2002. Kevin has a master’s in education, instructional technology, from the University of Virginia and a Ph.D. in educational...
View ArticleThree Homeschool Movement Founders and their Legacies
The modern homeschool movement is now 30 years old, but how did we get here? Educational historians identify several key individuals who were instrumental in advancing the movement. These individuals...
View ArticleClassifying Homeschoolers
You are a homeschooler, sure, but what KIND of homeschooler are you? What is your motive, your educational philosophy, your methodology? Educational philosophers and historians struggle to comprehend...
View ArticleNCHE Celebrates Thirty Years of Legal Homeschooling in North Carolina
Brian GilpinBrian Gilpin and his wife, Kirsty, have been homeschooling their two children since 2009. He has a BS in journalism from the University of Kansas and an MS in management from the University...
View ArticleThe Delconte Case: The First Step in NC Homeschool Freedom
Spencer MasonSpencer and Debbie Mason homeschooled their four children from birth through high school, starting in 1981. Now their four grandchildren are being homeschooled. Spencer has served on the...
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