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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have family whose kids attend Waldorf. Their third grader was not able to read when he was in second grade. His teacher kept insisting that he would “get there” and apparently the students get to pick other things that interest them if they don’t like reading as much. Another family member who’s an educator in public had to assess his reading skills and found them to be at the kindergarten level while he was in second grade. Waldorf was going to do nothing about this. My family member had to obtain private tutoring to remediate. I am sure some people have good stories and experiences with Waldorf but wanted to share my second hand story. It didn’t leave a good impression after hearing all they went through [/quote]

Our experience was similar. We observed that our son fell behind academically during the early grades at that school. It was disheartening to tour other schools and realize he wasn't keeping pace with his peers. Other schools had suggested that he repeat a grade. We agree that significant supplemental tutoring and summer programs became necessary for him to catch up. Based on this, we are skeptical of the highly positive high school reviews. While we initially accepted the 'gentle education' philosophy, we ultimately found it fostered passivity and somewhat misguided thinking in students rather than challenged engagement. We were relieved we could transfer schools before becoming too deeply invested in what quickly became apparent to us that was an unhealthy academic environment.
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