The World of Inquiry School opened in September 1967 with an enrollment of 120 children accepted from the entire city of Rochester and Monroe County. By September 1973, enrollment had increased to 275. The school reflects major departures in educational attitudes, techniques and programs, with children being brought together from different educational, cultural, racial and ethnic backgrounds. One of the basic tenets followed at WIS is that chronological age is not the basic determiner of readiness for learning. Another implemented concept is that learning takes place best through active involvement, while greater interest in learning is stimulated through Inquiry and Discovery. Success is measured at WIS in terms of the children's excitement and enthusiasm for learning and their progress toward self-direction and responsibility for their own learning. The make-up of the school is 50 percent Caucasian and 50 percent minority. The following educational practices characterize WIS: (1) Learning is individualized for each child. (2) Each child is given the opportunity to progress at rates, and through routes, best suited to his needs and abilities. (3) Each child is provided with opportunities and environments conducive to inquiry and discovery. (4) Each child has continuous contact with a number of adults in a variety of environments. Urban parents are responding well to the WIS approach as evidenced by large waiting lists. (Author/JM)