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Vol. LXIII, No. 11
 
Wednesday, March 18, 2009

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(Photo by Marco Rossetti)

HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW? Waldorf School gardening teacher Mary Capoferri leads young students in their “pizza garden” project near the school’s greenhouse, which was constructed by parents, alumni, faculty, and friends in October of 2007.

Princeton Waldorf School Marks 25 Years Teaching Three “R”s: — “Rigor, Relevance, and Relationships”

Ellen Gilbert

Administrator Nancy Lemmo would heartily like to dispel the myth that the Princeton Waldorf School is comprised of a bunch of “granola-crunching hippies,” who teach little else but art. What it’s really about, she says, is the art of education, and Waldorf precepts have been around for over 100 years. As a matter of fact, she reported, the Gates Foundation recently funded a new Waldorf-based high school on the strength of research evidence reflecting the rigor and quality of a Waldorf education.

Perception vs: Reality: Wilson Says Nuclear Weapons Are Misunderstood

Ellen Gilbert

Are nuclear weapons “the ultimate insurance?”

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