I have seen many families looking for an alternative to traditional school. Check out a new micro-school opening in Annandale called The Village School:An Acton Academy.
www.villageschoolnova.org It is part of a global network of micro-schools which can be described as "Montessori meets Silicon Valley".
It offers:
1) Self-paced Curriculum
2) Project Based Learning
3) Student Led/Democratic Environment
Our boys are going there in the Fall and we couldn't be more excited!