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Waldorf Olympics "Only A Game"'s Karen Given meets with fifth graders from six New England Waldorf schools at their 17th annual Olympiad. View photos and listen to the audio file. Requires RealPlayer — get PC version; get Mac version.
Are Students Well Prepared for Future Challenges? (video)
Can they analyze, reason and communicate effectively? Do they have the capacity to continue learning throughout life? The OECD Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) answers these questions and more, through its surveys of 15-year-olds in the principal industrialized countries. Every three years, it assesses how far students near the end of compulsory education have acquired some of the knowledge and skills essential for full participation in society.
Finland's students are the brightest in the world, according to an international test. Teachers say extra playtime is one reason for the students' success. Wall Street Journal's Ellen Gamerman reports. (February 28, 2008). Watch video.
Old-Fashioned Play Builds Serious Skills by Alix Spiegel
NPR.org, Morning Edition, February 21, 2008
Researchers Adele Diamond and Deborah Leong have good news: The best kind of play costs nothing and really only has one main requirement — imagination. . .
Taking Play Seriously by Robin Marantz Henig
New York Times Magazine, February 17, 2008
Play is as fundamental as any other aspect of life…
Teaching Our Children to Write, Read & Spell:
A Developmental Approach
by Susan R. Johnson MD, FAAP
There is a widely-held belief that if we just start teaching children to write, read, and spell in preschool, they will become better writers, readers, and spellers by the time they reach the first and second grades. This is, however, not true…
Schooling the Imagination by Todd Oppenheimer
The Atlantic Monthly
Waldorf schools have forged a unique blend of progressive and traditional teaching methods that seem to achieve impressive results…
Waldorf Approach Offers Hope in Schools
for Juvenile Offenders
by Arline Monks
"It was a miracle," said Ruth Mikkelsen, principal…
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