WHY DO WALDORF-INSPIRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS LIMIT THE USE OF MEDIA AND SCREENS?
- The Impact of Technology on the Developing Child (from a Waldorf perspective) – Waldorf Today
- What Screen Time and Screen Media Do To Your Child’s Brain and Sensory Processing Ability – Hands on OT Rehab
- Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? – Jean Twenge, The Atlantic
- A Silicon Valley School That Doesn’t Compute – The New York Times
- Tablets Out, Imagination In – The Guardian
- Students Who Use Digital Devices in Class Perform Worse in Exams – The Guardian
- The Impact of Computer Usage on Academic Performance: Evidence from a Randomized Trial at the United States Military Academy – A Study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Department of Economics
- An Extra Hour of TV Sees A Fall in Grade Level – BBC
- Computers ‘do not improve’ pupil results, says OECD – BBC
- How Google Took Over the Classroom – The New York Times
WHY DOES HWS ENCOURAGE TIME IN NATURE?
- Last Child in the Woods – by Richard Louv; This groundbreaking book coined the term “nature deficit disorder.”
- Another article about Richard Louv’s vision and book is Envisioning Nature Rich Cities
- The Overprotected Kid – The Atlantic
- What happened when one school banned homework – and asked kids to read and play instead? – The Washington Post
- Why so many kids can’t sit still in school today – The Washington Post
- It’s official: muddy kids learn best – The Guardian
WHY DO WALDORF SCHOOLS WAIT TO TEACH ACADEMICS UNTIL FIRST GRADE?
- How the New Preschool is Crushing Kids – The Atlantic
- Why Kids Shouldn’t Sit Still in Class – The New York Times
- Study: Behavior in kindergarten linked to adult success – CNN
- Delaying kindergarten until age 7 offers key benefits to kids – study – The Washington Post
- Why so many kids can’t sit still in school today – The Washington Post
- Stanford Researchers show we’re sending many children to school way too early – Quartz Media
HOW DO WALDORF STUDENTS FARE IN HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE, AND BEYOND?
- Standing out without Standing alone: Profile of Waldorf school graduates – The most comprehensive study completed on Waldorf high school graduates
- Waldorf Alumni Speak Out – A film by the Waldorf School of the Peninsula featuring alumni discussing their education