Just been for coffee with a firend whose daughter goes to a Waldorf Steiner school - in fact one that's just taken up the government's "academy" status whereby the govt gives them money. I was always worried about this as I fear the blackmail of money - "we give you money provded you change your ways and do what we want". It's happening!
The parents used to clean the school, now it's gone out to contract. the contractors they don't use Ecover products.
There were no tests ... now it looks like they're sneaking in tests.
The nursery class has been dropped. and the excellent nursery teacher.
Several children have been "assessed" as having special needs and an outside (non-Steiner) teacher is coming in to "help" them.
It's all going away from the origial child-centred Steiner focus and this is only the beginning, the school's only been an "academy" for just 3 months.
My friend is putting her young son down to go there in due course, but she's alos looking into home education for him and his 9 yr old sister. ad I agree with her. I fear that the govt will wreck the Steiner system as it has wrecked the ordinary education system.
Apparently there's a good home education network around here, which makes me feel good. so good I've even said I'll help teach if they want me !!! I must go and look it up.
What do you think about home education? Do you do it?
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