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Disease Outbreak Risks Rise As More Private School Students Opt Out Of Vaccines

AP | HANNAH DREIER | Posted 11.09.2012 | Home
Read More: Whooping Cough, Infectious Diseases, Student Immunizations, Private Schools, School Vaccines, Public Health, Waldorf School, Immunizations, Student Vaccination, Student Health, Highland Hall Waldorf School, California Schools, School Vaccine Opt-Out, Disease Outbreak, Home News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Parents who send their children to private schools in California are much more likely to opt out of immunizations than thei...

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School and Self Esteem, or: Thank You for Making Those Socks!

American Anthropological Association | Posted 10.07.2012 | Home
Read More: Children Praise, Early Child Development, Life Skills, Early Learning, Waldorf School, Early Childhood Education, Teachers, Healthy Child Development, Child Behavior, Home News
American Anthropological Association

Authentic gratitude is enough of an acknowledgment to foster self-esteem without leading to the kind of dependency on others that "good job" seems to do.

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The Techno-Savvy Favor a Non-Tech Education, at Least For Their Kids

John M. Eger | Posted 04.23.2012 | Home
Read More: Creativity, Internet, Art, Waldorf School, Innovation, Education Reform, Music, Technology, Home News
John M. Eger

Many parents want their child to have a different experience in school where they can be assured that the "whole child" is educated. In Silicon Valley, this is worth $20,000 to $25,000 in education costs.

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Leave Those Kids Alone

Brian D. Cohen | Posted 04.01.2012 | Parents
Read More: Parenting, Arts Education, Waldorf School, New York City Subway, Art Teachers, Children on the Subway, Parents News
Brian D. Cohen

A lesson I learned early on as an art teacher is that the artwork your students make is not your own creation, not in the way the work you yourself create as an artist is.

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Lessons for a New Year From Jacques Lusseyran

Alex Henry | Posted 03.18.2012 | Books
Read More: Volunteers of Liberty, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, World War II, French Resistance, Jean-Dominique Bauby, Jacques Lusseyran, Waldorf School, Jacques Lusseyran Book, Blindness Jacques Lusseyran, Buchenwald France, Books News
Alex Henry

In And There Was Light Jacques Lusseyran, who was blinded in an accident at age eight, gives the sighted person as vivid an idea of the experience of blindness as she is likely to read.

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In Heart Of Silicon Valley, School Succeeds With No-Tech Education

Posted 01.31.2012 | Home
Read More: School Technology, High-Tech Education, Education, Video, Digital Education, Waldorf School, Technology in Education, Technology in Schools, Low-Tech Education, Education Reform, Waldorf School of the Peninsula, Ipads in Schools, Home News

The Waldorf School of the Peninsula sits in the midst of Silicon Valley, home to the nation's leading tech companies and startups. It educates the chi...

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Colorado Congress Of Foreign Teachers Awards Innovation Grant To Boulder Waldorf Teacher

Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: Rudolf Steiner, Denver Impact, Shining Mountain Waldorf School, Foreign Language, Waldorf School, Dying Languages, Boulder, German, Denver North High School, Paula Blum, Boulder Waldorf School, Chinese, Fairview High School, German Language, Foreign Language Teachers, Denver News

The dearth of emphasis on foreign languages in American schools is no secret. The American education system's seeming lack of interest in teaching se...

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