Archive for the ‘Waring School’ category

Waring School Science Program, 1988

January 1, 1988

Kids seem to understand from a very early age that they can ‘make’ music; usually, however, they have not understood, even by the time they get to the Waring School, that they can just as easily “do” science. Perhaps this is because young rock musicians are everywhere, on the tube and on the pages of [...]

What is “taught” at the Waring School

September 20, 1987

The Waring School brochure contains no listing of course offerings. This is purposeful on our part. Lists of course offerings, course catalogues as they are commonly called, are primarily lists of subject matters. Perhaps such are appropriate for colleges where one elects ones course of study, where one decides to become familiar with certain subject [...]