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Media Items of Interest

Down the Tube: the Sad Stats on Happiness, Money and TV
Wall Street Journal, April 2, 2008

The Waldorf Experience, October, 2006
Hosted by Jason Ward.
Produced and Directed by Robert Perez.
This two-part video brings the unique experience of Waldorf education to life.

TV is Bad for Children's Education, Studies Say, July 2005, Reuters
"Studies published on the topic in this month's Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine concluded television viewing tended to have an adverse effect on academic pursuits."

Screen It Out, Oct 22, 2002, The Economist (subscription only)
"The billions that have financed computers in classrooms have therefore been money not spent on textbooks or teachers. The Israeli study puts the cost of installing computers at about one teacher a year per school. Ironically, while the educational effectiveness of computers is doubtful, good evidence suggests two other ways to spend money on schools that yield clear benefits. One is to cut class size; the other, to improve teacher training. But then, what politician wants an old-fashioned answer like that?"

Schooling the Imagination, Sept 1999, by Todd Oppenheimer, The Atlantic (subscription only)
"Waldorf schools, which began in the esoteric mind of the Austrian philosopher Rudolph Steiner, have forged a unique blend of progressive and traditional teaching methods that seem to achieve impressive results -- intellectual, social, even moral."

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