Waldorf In The News

Maine Coast Waldorf School third graders took their lessons out of the classroom and onto a lobster boat! On board the Britanica with captain Dave Moody and first mate Angela Coron, the students hauled two six-trap trawls and learned about the lobster industry from people who make their living on Harpswell Maine’s working waterfront. Coron, […]

A study published in the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) found that children’s prosocial skills, built through social emotional learning in Preschool and Kindergarten, predict key successful outcomes for adolescents and adults including education levels, employment stability, and increased mental well being. Study authors say, “The growing body of literature that demonstrates the importance

A team of three brothers from Edinburgh, with a shared passion for adventure, sport and music, rowed 3,000 miles across the Atlantic and broke three world records. The brothers also happen to be Waldorf graduates. In the tes.com article, Our schools gave us the strength to row the Atlantic, they attribute their resolve to two for 35 continuous days to

Connection and relationships are at the heart of Waldorf education. Now is a time when isolation and divisiveness are all around us. Yet we must hold fast to stand for togetherness, keep our connections, and cultivate courage over fear and apathy. How is this to be done? Waldorf education and its roots in Anthroposophy can

While there is much news coverage of our Waldorf schools using outdoor classrooms, media outlets are also taking note of Waldorf education’s focus on multidisciplinary coursework, wellness and nature. The Santa Barbara Independent recently highlighted the The Waldorf School of Santa Barbara in the article — Waldorf Education Honors the Head, Heart, and Hands — touching on Waldorf education’s century-long history

CityTV’s Breakfast Television broadcast in Toronto, Canada, has interviewed Jennifer Deathe, Admissions Manager at Waldorf Academy — a Pre-k through Grade 8 Waldorf school in Toronto. During the broadcast,  How to encourage kids to focus on making human connections with Jennifer Deathe, Jennifer shares device-free activities for children and talks about managing screen time to prioritize human connection.  Jennifer asks

The pandemic has made a new case for winter outdoor activity. As British fellwalker, guidebook author and illustrator, Alfred Wainwright, said, “There’s no such thing as bad weather, only unsuitable clothing.” It seems that many more are willing to embrace this motto now that indoor activities are curtailed.  News coverage ranges from The New York Times recommending

Another scientific study on the benefits of handwriting was published this summer in Frontiers in Psychology Magazine.  The study by Norwegian University of Science and Technology — The Importance of Cursive Handwriting Over Typewriting for Learning in the Classroom: A High-Density EEG Study of 12-Year-Old Children and Young Adults — looked at brain scans of young adults and 12-year-olds as