Susan Frederick was instrumental in the beginning of homeschooling and the internet.  She used the internet to bring together homeschoolers long before there were any communication networks. With the first statewide homeschool mailing list, TAFFIE became the premiere communications forum for families across Texas.

Jessica Hulcy was a teacher when she decided to homeschool.  But she refused to use the workbook/textbook approach. She chose to do homeschool, not school at home. Instead of textbooks, She used real books and classics from the library. Instead of sitting at a desk filling in blanks, her family used the garage, flower beds, and kitchen as their classroom. Instead of sending every child to his room to study independently, they taught all of their children together as much as possible. Instead of telling every answer to their children, she allowed their children to discover the answers on their own.  From this experience came KONOS, the first curriculum written by homeschoolers for homeschoolers.