Discovery, Discourse, Diversity

Erziehungskunst

The Pedagogical Section Council offers free online seminars, beginning in April, as a gift, though registration is required.

Online event on how cleaning can become a quiet art of care, renewing spaces, people, and daily life.

Sunbridge’s Waldorf High School Teacher Education program is opens its online weekend classes to high school teachers looking for professional development or interested in «sampling» the low-residency program.

Online offerings for Waldorf school board members, school leaders, administrators, and lead teachers. A course open to all and especially for those who completed the Foundational Board Training.

Online event on the journey from orality to literacy on March 16th and 17th with Holly Koteen-Soule.

This online event will help you understanding grade one readiness in Waldorf Education.

As 2025 draws to a close, Melbourne Rudolf Steiner Seminar launched the inaugural edition of Seminar Conversations, a publication for Steiner / Waldorf teachers and the school community.

The conference 100 Years of Waldorf Early Childhood in North America will take place from February 6th to the 8th, 2026 in Spring Valley, NY. Registration opens December 15th.

The Waldorf Movement Worldwide

1 million

Students

40,000

Teachers

1,270

Schools

80

Countries

Isabella Geier,

Thea Gabbert, an American Jew, has been a great stroke of luck for the HOUSE OF HOPE educational institution in the West Bank. Manar Wahhab, a Palestinian, and Thea are best friends. Since they first met, Thea has been volunteering as a peace…

Ofer Sagie, a Waldorf teacher from Harduf in Israel, has German and Israeli citizenship and has been traveling around the world for years. At the Balingen Waldorf School, he met with grades ten, eleven, and twelve for discussions. Our author reports…

Statistically speaking, there is no school class in Germany without bullying—and yet it is often overlooked. Why is it difficult to recognize bullying in time, and what role does teachers' understanding of violence play in this? Our author shows why…

Angelika Lonnemann,

This is a story about pain and healing, about the power of structures and the force of change. It shows that bullying does not simply disappear, but can shape people's lives. However, it also shows that schools can change—if they want to, if they pay…

Angelika Lonnemann,

Do you also remember situations from your childhood that you are ashamed of today? For example, in second grade, I stole some adorable lace-crocheted doll shoes from my friend Romy. As adults, we feel ashamed when we remember how we cheated or…

Gabriele von Moers,

An unconditional basic income is a regular monthly payment that all citizens of a country receive from the state without having to provide anything in return or undergo a means test. It is intended to secure their livelihood and enable them to…

Anne Brockmann,

Artist, Waldorf teacher, political activist, and deep down still a little girl—that's Marushka. Born in Ukraine, her real name is Yuliia Marushko. In an interview with our editor, she explained why Waldorf education in particular drew her to Germany…

Fiona-Livia Bachmann,

In her thesis, our author examined four progressive educators of the 20th century and is presenting them in a series of articles in Erziehungskunst. In this text, she profiles the progressive educator John Caldwell Holt.

Ofer Sagie, a Waldorf teacher from Harduf in Israel, has German and Israeli citizenship and has been traveling around the world for years. At the Balingen Waldorf School, he met with grades ten, eleven, and twelve for discussions. Our author reports…

Ann-Katrin Neundorf,

Political scientist and mediator Christine Laude wrote the brochure «Bullying and Cyberbullying – Invisible Violence» for the Bund der Freien Waldorfschulen (Association of Waldorf Schools Germany). She spoke to Erziehungskunst about the complexity…

Gabriele Ebeling,

You don't always have to travel far away to experience something special. It can also be possible in your own neighborhood if you simply change your perspective. Our author spent seven hours walking through her hometown at night with her ninth-grade…

At most Waldorf schools, formal craft lessons only begin in fifth or sixth grade. Our authors advocate an earlier start to crafting and refer to Rudolf Steiner.

Jürgen Beckmerhagen,

At the Freie Waldorfschule Frankfurt/Oder, computer science teacher Sören Leonhardt shows his upper school students how they can rethink technology and the future – beyond formulas and dry programming. In a region where some young people are hopeless…

Jürgen Beckmerhagen,

Geometric shapes, AI and the creativity of young people and trained musicians – these are the components of a project in Potsdam that has resulted in a unique symphony. Classes six and seven from the Freie Waldorfschule Werder/Havel also helped…

Jürgen Beckmerhagen,

«Do atoms really exist?» This question makes you pause and think. In an innovative project, a physicist and a chemist open up new paths to understanding atoms for students and teachers. Using modern technology, they immerse themselves in the world of…

We share our earth with all the other people who live on it, and we only have this one. Class teacher Nina Luckner wants to convey this to her students. To do this, she combined four subjects and, among other things, built globes out of balloons and…

Our author Luka Mescher never had any contact with people with disabilities – until he completed a social internship during eleventh grade. Luka deliberately chose a workshop for people with disabilities because he «wanted to experience something…

Angelika Lonnemann,

In the lower and middle school at Waldorf schools, learning takes place in the protected space of the school. Skills are tested, tried out and practiced in the safety of the classroom. In the upper school, from ninth grade onwards, students are sent…

Angelika Lonnemann,

In the Kant anniversary year – but not only then – it is nice to remind ourselves of the questions from which Immanuel Kant developed his philosophy: «What can I know? What should I do? What can I hope for? What is man?» The questions remain…

Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Susanne Bregenzer,

Raising one's own children to be peaceful inhabitants of the world – many parents see this as an important task. Is this even possible in the face of our own countless inner demons, and in this violent and torn world to boot? On a Tuesday morning,…

Miriam Margareta Gimm,

These are dangerous times for good soil: more and more land is being built on or is threatened by erosion. In Germany alone, an area the size of 90 soccer fields is sealed every day. Yet soils are the focus of many of the United Nations' explicit…

Renee Herrnkind,

It was ridiculed for a long time, repeatedly defamed as esoteric nonsense and yet became the blueprint for organic farming, which has long been regarded worldwide as a sustainable model for healthy nutrition: the Demeter biodynamic farming method.…

Angelika Lonnemann,

For several years, our family was part of a car pool for Demeter milk. Once a month, we drove to the Birkmeier farm in Pöttmes by car, tapped 40 to 50 liters of milk there and brought the healthy cargo to the Waldorf school, where the other families…

Noor Khatib-Thorn,

«What if I would have been on the other side?» Noor Khatib-Thorn asked herself this question as a little girl in Jerusalem. Today, she is an English teacher at the Intercultural Waldorf School in Mannheim. In her lessons, the woman with Palestinian…

Petra Mühlenbrock,

Why is the class eight play part of the Waldorf curriculum? Our author, a teacher, explains based on the example of Michael Ende's Momo which she performed with her class, which processes are tiggered by such a large stage project and how they enable…

Hiltrud Kamolz,

As one of the oldest crafts in the world, basket weaving is an integral part of the ninth grade curriculum. However, tradition alone is not enough to justify its existence. In her article, our author Hiltrud Kamolz explains how adolescents come into…

Jürgen Beckmerhagen,

Pupils at a Hamburg Waldorf school immerse themselves in Russian lessons. In doing so, they not only discover a new language, but also valuable lessons about tolerance and respect. Our author explains how learning a language can become a commitment…

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