Religion News Blog » Waldorf Schools http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:58:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Public Waldorf schools booming in Sacramento — but are they legal? http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24926/sacramento-faces-lawsuits-over-waldorf-schools http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24926/sacramento-faces-lawsuits-over-waldorf-schools#comments Mon, 02 Aug 2010 11:28:44 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24926 Rocco Leo Sacramento is the epicenter of the debate over whether the Waldorf system – whose educational philosophy goes back 100 years – is appropriate for a public school.

While enrollment climbs, the district faces a lawsuit this summer from a Northern California group that claims the Waldorf system cannot be separated from founder Rudolf Steiner's religious philosophy, making public Waldorf schools ineligible to receive taxpayer dollars.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24926/sacramento-faces-lawsuits-over-waldorf-schools/feed 0 Waldorf schools: unconventional theories spawn believers – and critics http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23769/waldorf-schools http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23769/waldorf-schools#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:30:34 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23769 Waldorf Schools An unconventional Austrian philosopher's influence has stretched across a century to specialty vineyards and inventive classrooms in Sonoma County that share his vision for bringing a “life force” to the tilling of soil and cultivating of young minds.

With its trademark affection for liberal politics and alternative practices, this suburban-to-rural county has become fertile ground for the ideas hatched in the early 20th century by quirky, controversial Rudolf Steiner.

Waldorf critics abound...]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23769/waldorf-schools/feed 0 Waldorf School Opens in California Town http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16246/waldorf-school-opens-in-california-town http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16246/waldorf-school-opens-in-california-town#comments Thu, 12 Oct 2006 12:54:44 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16246/waldorf-school-opens-in-california-town http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16246/waldorf-school-opens-in-california-town/feed 0 Waldorf-style school stirs controversy http://www.religionnewsblog.com/3903/waldorf-style-school-stirs-controversy http://www.religionnewsblog.com/3903/waldorf-style-school-stirs-controversy#comments Mon, 04 Aug 2003 13:13:04 +0000 Editor http:/?p=3903 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/3903/waldorf-style-school-stirs-controversy/feed 0 Alternative Schools Booming In Utah http://www.religionnewsblog.com/3285/alternative-schools-booming-in-utah http://www.religionnewsblog.com/3285/alternative-schools-booming-in-utah#comments Tue, 13 May 2003 01:20:58 +0000 Editor http:/?p=3285 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/3285/alternative-schools-booming-in-utah/feed 0 Lawsuit against Waldorf revived http://www.religionnewsblog.com/2897/lawsuit-against-waldorf-revived http://www.religionnewsblog.com/2897/lawsuit-against-waldorf-revived#comments Tue, 01 Apr 2003 05:36:58 +0000 Editor http:/?p=2897 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/2897/lawsuit-against-waldorf-revived/feed 0 Gnomes and critics at Waldorf schools http://www.religionnewsblog.com/1213/gnomes-and-critics-at-waldorf-schools http://www.religionnewsblog.com/1213/gnomes-and-critics-at-waldorf-schools#comments Mon, 18 Nov 2002 14:08:09 +0000 Editor http:/?p=1213 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/1213/gnomes-and-critics-at-waldorf-schools/feed 0