Articles, Press & Newsletters of Interest
This page is a selection of news articles relevant to childhood development and Waldorf education.
Articles about Tucson Waldorf School
Puppets helping get the word out - The Arizona Daily Star, May 2, 2013
Early Childhood Articles
Scientific Inquiry Among the Preschool Set - The New York Times, October 1, 2012
Play, Stress and the Learning Brain - The DANA Foundation, September 24, 2012
Why 6-year-old Girls Want to be Sexy - Waldorf Today, September, 2012
How Creeping and Crawling Prepares a Child for School Life - Movement for Childhood, Summer, 2012
If We Don’t Let Our Children Play, Who Will Be the Next Steve Jobs? - Huff Post.com, October 20, 2011
Music Feeds Your Soul and Builds Your Brain - BrainAthelte.com
Education Articles
Technology Changing How Students Learn, Teachers Say – The New York Times, November 1, 2012
Philosophizing Science: A Different Approach to American Higher Education - The Rice Standard, October 8, 2012
Teachers’ Expectations Can Influence How Students Perform - NPR, September 17, 2012
Back to School – An episode about an emerging theory on what to teach kids from the book, “How Children Succeed” by Paul Tough - This American Life, September 14, 2012
Early Music Lessons Have Longtime Benefits - New York Times, September 10, 2012
Tiny Lifesaver for a Growing Worry: EpiPens in Schools - New York Times, September 7, 2012
Teach Your Children Well: Sir Ken Robinson Calls for a Revolution in Education - Costco Connection, August, 2012
The Importance of Music in Schools - Denver Post, May, 1, 2010
Waldorf Education Articles
Students Drive Own Education at Waldorf School – La Crosse Tribune, November 3, 2012
CNN Report on Technology-free Education at Waldorf School of the Peninsula - CNN, March 13, 2012
This is What a School is Meant to Be – Ecuador’s Dr. Angel Castillo Visits American Waldorf Schools – Waldorf Today, January 16, 2012
NBC Nightly News - A segment on The Waldorf School of the Peninsula - NBC, November 30, 2011
Control • Halt • Delete: Why some educators and scientists believe technology is bad for brains — especially young ones - An article about The Waldorf School of the Peninsula - Colorado Springs Independent, November 24, 2011
Students Learn Unplugged at Los Altos School - An article about The Waldorf School of the Peninsula - CBS, November 10, 2011
A Silicon Valley School That Doesn’t Compute - Investigative reporter Matt Richtel researched the impact of technology in the classroom. One of the schools he visited is The Waldorf School of the Peninsula - New York Times October 22, 2011
Parenting Articles
No More 1950s: How Simplicity Parenting is the Way to Prepare Kids for a Complex Future - Waldorf Today, September, 2012
A Child’s Place Is in the Kitchen: How Cooking Advances Learning - Culinate, September 15, 2010
What Ails Us? Reframing the Way We Think About Chronic Illness, Drug Addiction and Attention-Deficit Disorder - Waldorf Today, September, 2012
Raising Successful Children - New York Times, August 4, 2012
Resilience - Waldorf Today, August 2012
Welcome to the Age of Over Parenting - Boston Magazine
How to Land Your Kid in Therapy - The Atlantic, July, 2011
The Hormone Surge of Middle Childhood - New York Times, December 26, 2011
No Bad Kids – Toddler Discipline Without Shame - JanetLansbury.com, April 29, 2010
Technology Articles
How True Are Our Assumptions About Screen Time? - NAEYC, October, 2012
Is Technology Sapping Children’s Creativity? - The Washington Post, September 13, 2012
The Twitter Trap - New York Times, May 18, 2011
Publications, Newsletters and Blogs
Tucson Waldorf School – A Beacon of Hope in the Southwest – by Laura Alexander, TWS parent and Board member
Reflections on Parenting – Blog by Colette Green, former Waldorf teacher
Rudolf Steiner on the Internet
Association of Waldorf Schools of North America (AWSNA) Inform
Sonoran Sun – TWS quarterly newsletter
