We invite everyone interested in the growth of public Waldorf methods schools to read an in-depth article posted in Current Issues in Education Vol. 15 No. 3. The article specifically examines the relationship of early grades testing and the holistic approach of Waldorf education. The 24 page article contains charts from independent data sources. To […]
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Two major developments this year marked the expanded organization and scope of the Research Institute for Waldorf Education (RIWE): The Research Institute is taking on AWSNA Publications as of August 1st. Patrice Maynard, who for the past nine years served as AWSNA’s Leader of Outreach and Development, has been appointed to a new position at
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Among the activities of the Research Institute this year, we have thrown ourselves fully into the world of science and technology with three projects that take advantage of this burgeoning medium. At the forefront of our efforts, thanks to the ongoing generosity of the Waldorf Curriculum Fund, have been several new series of freshly collected
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As in previous years, the Research Institute published two more issues of its Research Bulletin, featuring a further series of articles on the college of teachers as a model of governance as well as launching new serialized articles by Frederick Amrine on the philosophical roots of Waldorf education and by Liz Beaven comparing Waldorf schools
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Expanding its continued support of Waldorf class teachers, the Research Institute for the first time launched two overlapping rounds of its popular course “Teaching Sensible Science” led by Michael D’Aleo, a Waldorf high school science teacher well known to regular readers of the Research Bulletin. Starting in February, a new cycle of this course was
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The Research Institute is supporting several research projects already announced in previous issues of the Research Bulletin as well as preparing some new ones in collaboration with our colleagues in Europe, some of whom we met in May during a week-long conference in Vienna of Waldorf researchers and adult educators. During that meeting, Douglas Gerwin
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The closing days of April and the first days of May are traditionally reserved for “Screen-Free Week”, which this year runs from Monday 29 April through Sunday 5 May. (They used to be called “TV Turnoff Week” but that was in the far bygone years before smart phones, tablets, laptops, and YouTube.) To mark this
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To those who responded to our annual giving campaign, we extend heartfelt thanks for their generosity and words of condolences following the death nearly a year ago of David Mitchell. Those wishing to contribute to this year’s appeal are invited to forward donations to our office in Wilton, New Hampshire or to give online by
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