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Hallel Rabin: I Refuse

May 4, 2021

As Waldorf alumna Hallel Rabin stood before the IDF conscientious objectors committee two weeks ago, the military body that decides whether or not she would be sent back to prison for refusing to serve in the army, she was asked the strangest of questions: “Would you agree to wear the army uniform if it were pink?” “I don’t have an issue with the color,” she responded, “I have an issue with wearing an army uniform — regardless of the army.” A conscientious objector, Rabin was still in military prison for refusing to serve due to the army’s occupation policies. On November 20, Rabin’s fourth stint in military prison came to an end; a day later the army officially gave her the discharge she had wanted. She served a total of 56 days behind bars. More »

Why do Some Students Struggle to Learn to Read?

April 19, 2021

Rudolf Steiner said, “If you look without prejudice, every child is a riddle to be solved, particularly for educators” (2001, 123). Steiner is right—each child is a riddle, and none more challenging than the one who struggles to learn to read! There are many factors that can contribute to reading problems. More »

There’s a Better Way to Parent: Less Yelling, Less Praise

April 12, 2021

At one point in her new book, the NPR journalist Michaeleen Doucleff suggests that parents consider throwing out most of the toys they’ve bought for their kids. It’s an extreme piece of advice, but the way Doucleff frames it, it seems entirely sensible: “Kids spent two hundred thousand years without these items,” she writes. More »

Waldorf in Nepal: Shanti Sewa Griha

March 29, 2021

In 1992 Shanti Sewa Griha was begun with 13 people. Today Shanti Sewa Grisha unites several institutions that perform social work for people who have no place in society in Nepal; the poor, the lepers, handicapped people, in short: the outcasts. Over time a Waldorf school, a kindergarten, a farm, workshops, a clinic, a soup kitchen and two villages have been founded. Over 800 people have found protection, care and a task here. More »

Sages Disguised as Melon Growers

March 8, 2021

Often when I talk to parents interested in our school they ask about our alums. Even if they’re parents of three-year-olds they want to hear about “how the students integrate into high school.” Underneath this question I detect not just understandable parental concern but also an unnerving demand. These parents want me to list “success stories,” assuring them our students have made their way, without ripple, into the mainstream, joining the Rosters of the Eminent. And that thusly, should they join our school, their children will, too. I hate assuring them of such things. First, I don’t know what’s in store for any of us. Second, I came to this education—like many before me—to flee such a Procrustean outlook. Third, I know that by recounting such success stories I’m feeding, to invoke a Native American wisdom, the wrong wolf. More »

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