Independent. Grassroots. For NH families.
Who We Are
Granite State Home Educators exists to support home education families in New Hampshire. Since being founded in 2016, GSHE has been dedicated to building and sustaining a community where families can find the tools, resources, and encouragement they need to thrive.
Resources and Guidance
GSHE has published hundreds of articles and guides to help families at every stage of their home education journey:
- New Hampshire rules from filing to annual requirements to graduation
- Beginning with young children to starting fresh for older children coming from a school environment
- Searching for new or different resources for changing needs and goals
- Advice and trusted support when struggles and setbacks occur
- Connecting with other children and families
Along the way, we’ve shared encouragement and reassurance, reminding parents that they can do this — and that GSHE is here to help every step of the way.
We’ve also created a comprehensive resource directory that families across the state use daily. Everything we share is original, built from the ground up by volunteers who are also parents – with real, lived experience homeschooling their own children.
Community and Connection
Home education does not need to be isolated. GSHE fosters community through our active Facebook group, regular newsletter, and member forums. These spaces connect thousands of families across New Hampshire, creating a vibrant support network where questions are answered, encouragement is given, and successes are celebrated – all from fellow parents who have navigated the same challenges and joys of home education.
What Makes GSHE Different
We have always supported parents’ right to homeschool their own way. We have secular and religious families, and styles from full curriculum to unschooling, with everything in-between. Homeschool networks dedicated to these differences can be great, but we want an open statewide group with the broadest reach while we focus on supporting families and their children.
We are active in protecting home education rights, fighting bad bills and rules, and have also led efforts to expand homeschool freedom through legislative advocacy and outreach.
We are an all-volunteer non-profit. We don’t accept advertisements or marketing, so we limit vendors to specific sharing opportunities, again, so we remain focused on people, not businesses. GSHE is committed to supporting families and their children.
Other home education groups have fractured over religion (or lack thereof), monetization, or politics. We want GSHE to avoid these pitfalls.
Why Independence Matters
For this reason, we actively worked when the Education Freedom Account bill was proposed to make sure home education (defined in NH statute RSA 193-A) remained its own educational pathway with different requirements and rights.
That’s also why, while we welcome EFA homeschool-style families to our group, we don’t speak to their separate rules, and don’t want EFA vendors on our platform. We focus on what matters most – people and their children’s learning.
GSHE’s priority has always been clear: independent home education. We believe families are the ones best positioned to make educational decisions for their children, and we exist to support that freedom with practical tools and trustworthy information.
Built by Families, For Families
GSHE is grassroots at its heart. We are volunteers who give our time, energy, and expertise because we believe in home education as a life-changing choice for families. Our mission has remained simple and consistent: to equip independent home educators with the resources and community they need to thrive.
Everything – our how-to guides, resource directory, and forum communities – is accessible with a free registered account at our website.
