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.

The Movement to Retore Child’s Play (NY Times 1/5/2011)

Want to get your kids into Harvard? Let them play!  CNN 12/29/2010

Student Stress, Competition, and the Educational “Race to Nowhere” NPR 12/14/2010

Growing up Digital: Wired for Distraction (NYT 11/2010)

Changing Education Paradigms (10/14/2010)

Kids haven’t Changed: Kindergarten Has (Harvard Education Letter 10-11/2010)

Exercise doesn’t make up for Kids’ Screen Time (Live Science 10/11/2010)

In Defense of Childhood: Let Kids be Kids! (Huffington Post 11/1/2010)

The Playground gets even Tougher (NY Times 10/8/2010)

Picture Books No Longer A Staple For Children (NY Times 10/7/2010)

Bring on the Learning Revolution!–Sir Ken Robinson (TED)

Schools Kill Creativity–Sir Ken Robinson (TED)

Can Exercise make kids smarter? (NYTimes 9/15/2010)

Benefits of Time Outdoors (Iowa Public Radio 9/10)

Forest Kindergarten (NY Times 10/29/09)

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)

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)

Steiner Schools could help all (BBC 2005)