The John Ball Zoo School was created during the summer of 1973 in an effort to develop a more stimulating educational program for talented sixth-graders. It uses "structured freedom" and individualized instruction to teach the basic skills expected of all sixth-graders and environmental studies. (Author/IRT)

Shunning debate on alternative educational philosophies and knowledge organization, "Standardistos" are only interested in "freezing" what today's "well-educated" people know, distributing it to schools, and demanding that it be taught and learned. They overlook breadth versus depth issues, developmental and…