About Waldorf

Waldorf education is inspired by Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925), the founder of anthroposophy. After World War I Steiner committed himself to s social renewal, which was to free people from wage slavery. Steiner gave many lectures on the social issues, also for labourers at the Waldorf-Astoria factory. When he was pleading there to let the children go to school for a longer number of years to allow them better developmental growth and education, this struck a cord with the labourers. They wanted such a school for their children. Emil Molt, the factory director, asked Steiner to lead this initiative. This how the very first Waldorf school was created in Stuttgart 1919, the Freie Waldorfschule.
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