Research on Teachers Archives - Waldorf Research Institute

Increases in Depressive Symptoms, Suicide-Related Outcomes, and Suicide Rates Among U.S. Adolescents After 2010 and Links to Increased New Media Screen Time

Staff — Sun, 04 Feb 2018 16:39:41 +0000

Here’s a clinical research study supporting the Guardian’s recent reporting on cell phone influence in young people:
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2167702617723376

When It Comes To Class Size, Smaller Isn’t Always Better

Staff — Wed, 31 May 2017 16:52:45 +0000

The debate about class size is addressed nicely in this article, “When it comes to class size, smaller isn’t always better,” published in Time Magazine. Read here about how great teaching is more important than class size:

http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2056571,00.html

Teacher Satisfaction in Private and Public Schools

Staff — Thu, 09 Jan 2014 20:44:44 +0000

The National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) is releasing data it is collecting about teacher satisfaction in private and public schools. This reflects some of the same information Liz Beaven collected in her excellent study on teachers in the most recent issue of The Reseach Bulletin who have taught in both charter schools following a Waldorf curriculum and in independent Waldorf schools. The full report is not completed but NCES is releasing data as they complete segments. You can see it here.