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...first dream to collapse was the "Crazy School." Some wanted to see it in Boston and some wanted to see it in suburban Newton. When the two factions failed to reach an agreement, the idea of a "Crazy School" was dropped. Many of the researchers also opposed taking on the responsibilities of school administrators, fearing that they would end up "handling clients" at the same time they were trying to conduct research...
...trial group will be 100 students at Weeks Junior High in Newton. A team of researchers headed by William E. Webster, associate in Education, will take them out of the regular school program for half of each...
Oliver compares the program favorably to his own curriculum for studying controversial issue also being tried out in Newton. "We have the kids for 55 minutes, four days a week," he explained. "There's a limit to what we can accomplish. In the new program that's removed, because we take the kids out of their school environment and introduce them to adults who are definitely not their teachers...
...Oliver said, the project will be taken to other schools in Newton and to other communities if it succeeds. "We've gotten away from the idea of a pre-arranged product coming off the assembly line," he said. "From sow on we'll be assessing problems within real communities...
Ralph L Christy III, of Silver Spring, Maryland (English); James H. Cole, of Newton Center (History); Wesley A. Fisher, of New York City (Social Relations); Barry I. Forman, of Brookline (Philosophy); Jay A. Frogel, of Spring Valley, N.Y. (Astronomy); Stephen M. Gelber, of Los Angeles, Calif, (History and Literature); Allan S. Haley, of Nevada City, Calif, (Music); James H. Kettner, of Saginaw, Michigan (History); Kevin C. McMahon, of Scarsdale, N.Y. (History); Terrence F. Malick, of Bartlesville, Okla. (Philosophy); Alexander J. Nagel, of New York City (Mathematics); Barry F. O'Connell, of Moravia, N.Y. (History and Literature); Rand E. Rosenblatt...