ERIC Number: ED574646
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Nov
Pages: 4
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Practices of Waldorf-Inspired Schools. Research Brief
Friedlaender, Diane; Beckham, Kyle; Zheng, Xinhua; Darling-Hammond, Linda
Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education
"Growing a Waldorf-Inspired Approach in a Public School District" documents the practices and outcomes of Alice Birney, a Waldorf-Inspired School in Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD). This study highlights how such a school addresses students' academic, social, emotional, physical, and creative development. The study also examines how a district supports alternative models of education while working to ensure equitable access to a high quality education for all its students. This study provides an opportunity to learn from alternative approaches to schooling to help surface deeply embedded, often unchallenged, assumptions about public education and expand our understanding of the purpose of education and the practices that support the development of the whole child and deep student learning in public schools. [For the full report, "Growing a Waldorf-Inspired Approach in a Public School District," see ED574645.]
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Nontraditional Education, Academic Achievement, Performance Factors, School Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Teaching Methods, Child Development, Teacher Student Relationship, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Outcomes of Education, Educational Policy
Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education. Barnum Center 505 Lasuen Mall, Stanford, CA 94305. Tel: 650-725-8600; Fax: 650-736-1682; e-mail: scope@stanford.edu; Web site: http://edpolicy.stanford.edu/
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Rudolf Steiner College
Authoring Institution: Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE)
Identifiers - Location: California (Sacramento)
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