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November's topic is the future of aging. For this meeting we will have a special panel.

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"Shackles" of structure cast off in child-directed "unschooling"

It's a Tuesday morning at the hectic Coulson house and "unschool" is in session. Upstairs, 11-year-old Julia writes in her journal as 14-year-old Gavin checks on the family stocks. Downstairs in their cramped apartment living room, Hayden, 3, cries out in frustration: He can't make out a letter on a television learn-to-read program. Meanwhile, Corban, 5, ping-pongs among the floor-to-ceiling bins of school supplies deciding what to do next. "Mommy, Mommy, can I do the space puzzle now?" To an outsider, the scene looks more like summer vacation than a day of learning.

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