2. The Intersection of School Finances and School Choice Initiatives in the US around School Choice offer a wealth of insights into ways we can support the transformation of educational funding. The School Choice movement imagines a possible future where the social impulse of Waldorf education and its accessibility to more families of all economic […]
3. Rethinking Tuition How we think about tuition, whether it is viewed as a payment, a mandatory contribution or a gift, has a significant effect on the financial relationships in the school and especially on development work and fundraising. The whole avenue of concerted, intentional, and value-driven development work is longing for further evolution. In […]
Below are two reviews of John Bloom’s excellent book, “The Genius of Money.” "To understand money in the deepest sense is to journey inwardly to grapple with the `money self,' to become more conscious economic participants in financial transactions with the world, and last but not least, to work to meet the material needs of […]
A report published FROM THE RUDOLF STEINER CENTER IN TORONTO The first Waldorf school was established nearly 100 years ago to serve the needs of workers children at a cigarette factory in Stuttgart Germany. Deep in the ethos of Waldorf education is a desire to serve all who seek a holistic, spirit filled education regardless […]
4. Government Support and Charter Schools’ Work to Reach a Wider Population. In some countries, the separation between public funding and independent schools is less of an issue that in the US. In Australia and Canada, for instance, independent schools operate with significant support from the government. The newsletter article by Tracey Puckeridge explores the […]
Becoming clearer about how best to run a school? An understandable first response to that quasi-question might be to ask back, “Shouldn’t that be clear enough already?” But the millions of pounds spent by the UK government on revising, reforming and reconstituting governance and leadership for schools in general, should serve as an alert to the […]
INTRODUCTION from the ATA Handbook In fall 1993, the Waldorf School of the Peninsula in Los Altos, California, started a tuition adjustment program based on a commitment to make Waldorf education accessible to all families who value it. An article, “Reality and Process”, presented at the West Coast Economic Conference in spring 1993, was […]
Freeing the Circling Stars by Christopher Houghton Budd A review January 24, 2011 by Arthur Edwards Paying the Piper, Not Calling the Tune In the preface to Freeing the Circling Stars, Christopher Houghton Budd makes the radical contention that those who fund education should not thereby also determine its content. In his view, the function […]
Here is a brief overview of the creative approach to tuition of the Brooklyn Waldorf School. Brooklyn Waldorf School Tuition Model Three-Tier Tuition At the Brooklyn Waldorf School we are committed to building a school whose student body, faculty, staff and curriculum reflect the economic, cultural and racial diversity of Brooklyn, New York. Private education […]
As he shares in the introduction, Gary Lamb has been exploring questions of how to transform our relationships with money and economics for much of his life. In this insightful book, Gary leads us on a clear journey to deepen our understanding of the contributions Rudolf Steiner has made to economic thought. From a basic […]