No textbooks, no grade levels, optional homework: students thrive on self-guided education

COLUMBUS - Six students huddled around a table at the First Unitarian Universalist Church for a class on poetry.Each of the students range between 10 and 18 years old, which is not typical of a traditional school setting."Here, it’s always a choice," said Kate Weigel, co-founder of the Columbus Learning Co-operative. "If you decide you don’t want to go to the class you signed up for that day, that’s okay."CLC is ahomeschool co-op that offers self-guided education for people age