Entries by Michael Soulé

Sustainability: Government Funding

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 […]

How to Run a Waldorf School: Notes from a Conference in UK

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 […]

Creative Approaches to Tuition: Accessible to All Tuition Model

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 […]

Funding Education: A review of Freeing the Circling Stars by Christopher Houghton Budd (review by Arthur Edwards)

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 […]

Associative Economics by Gary Lamb, AWSNA

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 […]

Underlying Themes in the Economics of Waldorf Schools, Werner Glas

In this first chapter of the book Economic Explorations, leading Waldorf educator Werner Glas provides an overview of the basic themes facing Waldorf schools and economic life in light of Rudolf Steiner's social ideas. This is a general overview and introduction of the Threefold Social Order and its relationship to school organization. From the beginning […]

Parent Associations, Effective Practices, AWSNA

This part of the module on Working with Parents surveys the many aspects of a parent association in a school. The contents include: (click on a topic to go to the module on the AWSNA Website.) 1. Does your school have a Parent Association? If yes, describe its primary areas of focus or responsibility. 2. […]