I enjoyed reading this article in the Irish Independent, featuring a home-educating mother I know. For values of 'know' that mean 'have met on the internet' :)

I still think we are going to send Charles to the local primary school in 2 years' time, but it's really interesting reading about alternatives, and bearing them in mind. My cousin was home-educated for some time too, I should probably talk to my aunt and uncle more about that.