USA

Negative Karma & Disgruntled Parents - Windsong School 

[23-Feb-19]


Events are unfolding in Spokane, Washington where six families are suing the local Steiner-Waldorf school “for claims of negligence, emotional distress, sexual harassment, disability discrimination and failure to report child abuse.” [more]

Blaming Child’s Expulsion on Mother’s Behaviour - Waldorf School of Princeton

[22-Dec-15]


IA Steiner Waldorf school in New Jersey, USA, has lost a discrimination suit, and has had to pay US$58,000 for, as the Princeton Patch puts it, “unlawfully expelling a special needs student due to the student mother's advocacy.” [more]

A Failure to Act - Sexual Abuse in Green Meadow Waldorf School

[19-Jul-14]


In July 2013, novelist Kate Christensen published “Blue Plate Special”, her autobiography in which she describes how she had been sexually abused by a Waldorf teacher she referred to as “Tomcat”. Staff of Green Meadow Waldorf School identified Tomcat as John Alexandra... [more]

Frailties and Limitations - Bullying, Karma and Parental Involvement

[23-Jun-14]


We interviewed Rebecca Coleman, author of “The Kingdom of Childhood”, a fictional tale which takes place within the confines of a Waldorf school, and discussed her family’s experience at the Steiner school she sent her son to, bullying, karma, and laying the blame on parents. [more]