Emerson Waldorf School Pre-K-12

"Education is not a question of what knowledge children need to acquire to enter society, but what capacities in human beings can be developed to bring new forces into society."

- Rudolf Steiner

In the News

    

This page provides links to articles, radio broadcasts, research and other items relevant to Waldorf Education and which will be of interest to parents and teachers in our community.

Make Way: Your Summer Time Hero is Here (Chicago Tribune 5/10)

Soul Man (New York Times, 3/30/10)

Playtime is Over (New York Times, 3/26/10)

Tech gets a Time-Out: Tech Wizards are raising their kids unplugged (San Fransisco Magazine) 

Forget Goofing Around: Recess has a New Boss (New York Times 3/14/10)

The Teen Brain: It’s Just Not Grown Up Yet (NPR 3/1/2010)

The Teacher Says: The Waldorf School (NBC Philadelphia)

Former “No Child Left Behind” Advocate Turns Critic (NPR 3/2/2010)

If your kids are awake, they are probably online (NYTimes 1/20/2010)

Computers in School could do more Harm than Good (UK Telegraph Feb. 23, 2010)

Playing to Learn (NY Times Feb. 1, 2010)

Late readers close learning gap

Tech Addiction Harms Learning (BBC)

Pressure Cooker Kindergartens (Boston Globe)

Old-Fashioned Play builds Serious Skills (NPR)

Kindergarten Cram (New York Times May 3, 2009

Crisis in the Kindergarten (Alliance for Childhood)

Where do the Children Play? (PBS)

The Hurried Infant (CBC broadcast)

Deskercise: Staying Jazzed and Focused at School (NPR Broadcast)

Why are School-age boys struggling? (Newsweek)

Taking Play Seriously

Old-fashioned Play builds Serious Skills (NPR)

Unplugged Schools (Orion)

Standardized Testing (Education Sector)

Nature Deficit Disorder (NPR)

Media Use among Children (Kaiser Foundation)