LINKS

Here are links that you can use to go to other Web sites presenting information about

Waldorf (or Steiner) schools, Anthroposophy, and various Anthroposophical undertakings.

An excellent site critical of Waldorf and Steiner is

PLANS, People for Legal And Nonsectarian Schools

waldorfcritics.org 

A thoughtful site in the UK is

UK Anthroposophy

http://ukanthroposophy.wordpress.com/

You may also want to visit EASE,

Examining Anthroposophy and Steiner Education

easeonline.org 

And there is Waldorf Awareness

http://petekaraiskos.blogspot.com/

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For advocacy and defense of Waldorfs and Steiner,

you can explore

Defending Steiner

defendingsteiner.com 

Rudolf Steiner Web

http://www.rudolfsteinerweb.com/index.php

Why Waldorf Works

http://www.whywaldorfworks.org/

Waldorf Answers

http://www.waldorfanswers.com/index.htm

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The Rudolf Steiner Archive both advocates for Steiner

and presents, in full, numerous Steiner texts

rsarchive.org 

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An ongoing critical discussion of Waldorf schooling occurs at

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/waldorf-critics/messages?o=1

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The archive of a defunct Website,

Challenging Anthroposophy & Steiner Education,

is worth visiting

http://chaseukinfoarchive.wordpress.com/

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A heartfelt site created by a former Waldorf parent is

Waldorf Education — One Family's Story

http://www.waldorfeducation.me.uk/

A biting blog by a former Waldorf student

(partly in English and partly not) is

http://zooey.wordpress.com/2010/03/17/rebutting-anthroposophy/

A somewhat ideosyncratic site by a former Waldorf teacher is

The Missing Teacher

http://lanivcox.blogspot.com/2009/09/my-daily-hug.html

 

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Here are sites offering assistance to individuals and families trying to recover from bad experiences in Waldorf schools Post Waldorf Tutoring http://www.postwaldorftutoring.com/index.html Waldorf-Anthroposophy-Steiner Survivors http://waldorfcritics.org/survivors.html ◊◊◊◊ Here's a blog that challenges the type of organic gardening developed by Rudolf Steiner and often practiced at Waldorf schools: http://biodynamicshoax.wordpress.com/ And this site challenges all forms of medical quackery, including Steiner’s: http://www.quackwatch.org/index.html For sites where those who have been bruised by their Waldorf experiences may find some assistance and companionship, see "Aid and Comfort" Here are some specific essays and reports you may want to read: DISILLUSIONED EX-WALDORF PARENT by Margaret Sachs http://waldorfcritics.org/articles/DisillusionedParent.html OUR BRUSH WITH RUDOLF STEINER by Sharon Lombard http://waldorfcritics.org/articles/lombard.html WHY WALDORF PROGRAMS ARE UNSUITABLE FOR PUBLIC FUNDING by Dan Dugan http://waldorfcritics.org/articles/dugan_dan_csr0202j.htm SPOTLIGHT ON ANTHROPOSOPHY  by Sharon Lombard http://waldorfcritics.org/articles/lombard_sharon_csr0202j.htm A series of articles: THE TRUE NATURE OF STEINER (WALDORF) EDUCATION.  Mystical Barmpottery at Taxpayers’ Expense. Part 1 http://www.dcscience.net/?p=3528 THE STEINER WALDORF CULT USES BAIT AND SWITCH TO GET STATE FUNDING. Part 2. http://www.dcscience.net/?p=3595 STEINER WALDORF SCHOOLS. Part 3.  The problem of racism. http://www.dcscience.net/?p=3853 ANTHROPOSOPHY, RUDOLF STEINER, AND WALDORF SCHOOLS  An article in The Skeptic's Dictionary by Robert Todd Carroll http://skepdic.com/steiner.html EDUCATION — A MATTER OF TRUST? A page at EASE http://www.easeonline.org/Education.htm ANTHROPOSOPHY AND ECOFASCISM  by Peter Staudenmaier. Humanist (Oslo) no. 2, 2000. http://waldorfcritics.org/articles/Anthroposophy and Ecofasc.htm ANTHROPOSOPHY AND ITS DEFENDERS by Peter Staudenmaier and Peter Zegers, published in Norwegian magazine Humanist 4/2000 http://waldorfcritics.org/articles/anthroposophy_criticism.htm THE ROOTS OF RACISM IN WALDORF SCHOOLS: Quotations from Rudolf Steiner and other Anthroposophists  compiled by Dan Dugan, July 1995, revised September 1996. http://waldorfcritics.org/articles/Racism_general.html THE RACIAL TEACHINGS OF RUDOLF STEINER  by Sven Ove Hansson http://skepticreport.com/sr/?p=480 RUDOLF STEINER AND THE JEWS by Dan Dugan, published in Natural Jewish Parenting, Spring 1999. http://waldorfcritics.org/articles/NJP_RudolfSteinerAndJews.html POSTING BY J. MARSHALL KNIGHT http://www.waldorfcritics.org/archives/WCA0211.2.html Search for “The racist topic comes up” GNOMES AND CRITICS AT WALDORF SCHOOLS.  by Carol Milstone, National Post (Canada) http://www.religionnewsblog.com/1213/gnomes-and-critics-at-waldorf-schools IS ANTHROPOSOPHY SCIENCE? by Sven Ove Hansson http://waldorfcritics.org/articles/Hansson.html  WALDORF SCHOOLS TEACH ODD SCIENCE, ODD EVOLUTION by Eugenie C. Scott. National Center for Science Education Reports, Vol. 14, No. 4, Winter 1994 http://waldorfcritics.org/articles/Eugenie_Scott_94.html THE DELUSIONALWORLD OF RUDOLF STEINER by Ian Hayward Robinson www.rationalist.com.au/archive/78/p2-5_AR78.pdf  GROWING UP BEING MADE SICK BY ANTHROPOSOPHY by Robert Smith-Hald, a survivor. http://waldorfcritics.org/articles/Smith-Hald.html STEINERIAN AGRICULTURE http://waldorfcritics.org/articles.html#biodynamic QUESTIONS ABOUT STEINER'S CLASSROOM by Milanda Rout http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/questions-about-steiners-classroom/story-e6frg6nf-1111114056265

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WHAT'S WALDORF?

by Meagan Francis

http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/05/26/waldorf/index.html

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A VERY ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION

by "Northernrefugee"

http://waldorfcritics.org/articles/a_very_alternative_educat.htm

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Numerous other links appear in the various

essays here at Waldorf Watch.