Your Guide to Waldorf Education

Waldorf charter students scored lower in grades 3-5 but surpassed peers by 8th grade in ELA and math.

Waldorf-inspired public school approach benefits disadvantaged students academically and reduces suspensions.

When compared with similar students in other district schools, quantitative analyses reveal that students have low transiency and suspension rates and positive student achievement outcomes on standardized state assessments, particularly for African American, Latino/a, and socioeconomically disadvantaged students.

Graduates value lifelong learning, relationships, and ethical principles across diverse careers.

Arts-based science lessons significantly improved long-term memory retention in fifth graders.

We did find an effect of arts-integrated instruction at the different reading levels; basic readers remembered significantly more science content learned through the arts.

Arts education reduced disciplinary infractions, improved writing, and increased student compassion.

Arts-engaged low-income youth had significantly better academic achievement and civic engagement.

Research examining the relationship between Waldorf pedagogy and creative development in students.

Silicon Valley tech executives choose low-tech Waldorf schools for their own children.

The chief technology officer of eBay sends his children to a nine-classroom school here. So do employees of Silicon Valley giants like Google, Apple, Yahoo and Hewlett-Packard... This is the Waldorf School of the Peninsula, one of around 160 Waldorf schools in the country that subscribe to a teaching philosophy focused on physical activity and learning through creative, hands-on tasks...

Teacher looping -- keeping students with the same teacher for years -- significantly boosts math and reading.

With more time to get to know each student personally, teachers gain a deeper grasp of the kids' strengths and challenges. The teachers have more opportunities to tailor their instructional and emotional support to help all the students in the class reach their potential...

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