In the News: Waldorf Education & Current Topics

2019

• Stop Trying to Raise Successful Kids. And Start Raising Kind Ones, The Atlantic, Dec. 2019
• Seven Benefits of Waldorf’s “Writing to Read,” Nelson Waldorf School, Oct. 2019
• Instagram, Facebook, and the Perils of “Sharenting,” The New Yorker, Sept. 11, 2019
• AWSNA Waldorf 100 photo gallery,  Sept. 2019 (WSOC is in it!)
• Music Participation Linked to Teen’s Academic Achievement, Psychology Today, June 25, 2019
• Is the Immediate Playback of Events Changing Children’s Memories?, New York Times, April 25, 2019
• Parent Like a Tech Exec, waituntil8th.org, April 4, 2019
• Kids are Victims of the Elite College Obsession, The Atlantic, March 12, 2019
• The Science of Drawing and Memory, Edutopia.org, March 14, 2019
• Arts-Integrated Pedagogy May Enhance Academic Learning, Psychology Today, March 5, 2019
• The Calming Effects of Sewing Can Help People Express and Heal Themselves, The Guardian, February 2019
• Let Children Get Bored Again, New York Times, February 5, 2019

2018

• I’m a Developer. I Won’t Teach My Kids to Code, and Neither Should You, Slate.com, Dec. 6, 2018
• New Harvard Study Shows the Dangers of Early School Enrollment, FEE.org, Nov. 30, 2018
• Surgery Students ‘Losing Dexterity to Sew,’ BBC.com, Oct. 30, 2018
• The Digital Gap Between Rich and Poor is Not What We Expected, New York Times, Oct. 26, 2018
• In Our Brutal Modern World, Science Shows Our Brains Need Craft More Than Ever, Sciencealert.com, July 28, 2018
• What Knitting Can Teach You About Math, Smithsonian.com, July 26, 2018
• The ‘Overparenting’ Crisis at School and at Home, NPR, July 24, 2018
• The Dangers of Distracted Parenting, The Atlantic, July/August 2018
• The Overprotected American Child, Wall Street Journal, June 1, 2018
• What’s Going on in Your Child’s Brain When You Read Them a Story, NPR, May 24, 2018
• The Immense Pressure on Children to Behave as Tiny Adults, The Atlantic, March 20, 2018
• How Busy Hands Can Alter Our Brain Chemistry, CBS News, March 18, 2018
• Education’s Role in Curbing Teen Anxiety, Essentials in Education, March 2018
• This Simple Solution to Smartphone Addiction is Now Used in Over 600 U.S. Schools, Washington Post, February 2, 2018

2017

• Crucial Creativity: The Case for Cultivating Divergent Thinking in Classrooms, Essentials in Education, December 2017
• How to Get Your MInd to Read, New York Times, November 25, 2017
• Our Minds Can Be Highjacked: The Silicon Valley Insiders Who Fear a Smartphone Dystopia, The Guardian, October 5, 2017
• Our Kids Are Losing Their Empathy & Technology Has A Lot to Do With It, Medium, September 19, 2017
• Stanford University Reviews Waldorf Education, Waldorf Moraine, June 28, 2017
• Waldorf Curriculum: Princeton University Guest Teacher Challenges and Gets Challenged in Return, Princeton, July 11, 2017
• Science and Family Practices Inspired by Waldorf Education, Waldorf Education, May 26, 2017
• OC Register’s Artist of the Week: Grace Tomblin Marca, Orange County Register, May 9, 2017
• Pasta Power: Event challenges teams to aim higher with spaghetti, marshmallow structures, Johns Hopkins University, Feb. 22, 2017
• Science and Math: Observing Our World Leads to Investigations in the Realm of Theoretical Ideas, Waldorf Education, Feb. 15, 2017
• Silent Tragedy: Every Parent Who Cares About the Future of His/Her Child Should Read This, Deep Roots at Home, January 31, 2017
• K – 8 Comeback: Clear Merits Over Middle School Model, Essentials in Education, January, 2017