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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18905-2002Sep14.html

Students Going Home Again -- for Learning
Christina A. Samuels, Washington Post Staff Writer

...The "Not Back to School" picnic Monday was promoted through an online group created by Shay Seaborne of Woodbridge. Seaborne has two children, 12 and 9, and has been home-schooling for eight years.... Seaborne said she started her online group as a way to get away from the religious proselytizing of some home-schooling networks. The home-schoolers on VaEclecticHomeschool, which can be accessed at groups.yahoo.com/group/VaEclecticHomeschool/, range from those who use structured curriculums with textbooks and work sheets to those who practice "unschooling," a method that lets children's interests direct their learning....

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