tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post1483047835996917374..comments2024-03-26T14:34:28.415-07:00Comments on Religion and Child Abuse News: Waldorf teaching method not a religion says U.S. federal judge even though founder based philosophy on belief in LuciferPerry Bulwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-78323041516736228262014-09-03T10:25:06.775-07:002014-09-03T10:25:06.775-07:00But children in Steiner schools are less likely to...But children in Steiner schools are less likely to get their jabs.<br /><br />The Health Protection Agency - before its recent abolition - used to note that Steiner schools ought to be considered "unvaccinated populations" for measles.<br /><br />Related ideas of the benefits of overcoming adversity emerge elsewhere.<br /><br />The DfE memos report a complaint that a teacher allowed Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-63632462976666725882014-09-03T10:24:56.458-07:002014-09-03T10:24:56.458-07:00Why are Steiner schools so controversial?
by Chri...Why are Steiner schools so controversial?<br /><br />by Chris Cook, Policy editor, BBC Newsnight 4 August 2014 <br /> <br />My first encounter with Steiner education was some years ago.<br /><br />And, as is the norm, it took the form of muddling them up with Montessori schools.<br /><br />However, last week, Newsnight ran a report on the 30 or so private Steiner schools that showed how Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-18607721667129393812013-04-18T15:48:10.105-07:002013-04-18T15:48:10.105-07:00Thus, on the one hand, I have a bright, kind, lovi...Thus, on the one hand, I have a bright, kind, loving, cultured, energetic, active child who adores school and his classmate and his teachers. On the other hand, he sort of thinks gnomes exist. To me, that seems like a good bargain.<br /><br />Part of the reason it seems like a good bargain is that I'm okay, in general, with my son learning things, or thinking things, that I don't think Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-30484882566986209822013-04-18T15:48:01.112-07:002013-04-18T15:48:01.112-07:00My Waldorf-Student Son Believes in Gnomes—and That...My Waldorf-Student Son Believes in Gnomes—and That's Fine With Me<br /><br />It's not a bad thing for kids to grow up thinking differently than their parents do.<br /> <br /><br />by NOAH BERLATSKY The Atlantic APRIL 1 2013<br /><br />I have arguments with my nine-year-old son about gnomes. They go more or less like my arguments with him about Santa Claus.<br /><br />"They don&#Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-36409977590326189702012-12-10T14:17:36.671-08:002012-12-10T14:17:36.671-08:00A Steiner biographer notes that "it's not...A Steiner biographer notes that "it's not unusual for many parents sending their children to Steiner schools to be unaware of his occult philosophy." Some of the school's more unusual practices turn potential families away -- for instance, the fact that children aren't taught to read until second or third grade. Day to day, though, the esoteric influence at Waldorf schools Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-43151965493020840722012-12-10T14:17:28.051-08:002012-12-10T14:17:28.051-08:00Is This Grade School a 'Cult'? (And Do Par...Is This Grade School a 'Cult'? (And Do Parents Care?)<br /> <br />by EMILY CHERTOFF THE ATLANTIC NOVEMBER 30 2012<br /><br />Waldorf schools are popular with progressives. But how do you feel about a dose of spiritualism with your child's reading and math?<br /><br />Would you send your kid to a school where faceless dolls and pine-cones are the toys of choice? A school where kids Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.com