PARENTS CORNER: ARTICLES & RESEARCH
Welcome to the Parent’s Corner, an online resource for Seaside Charter School families created to learn and support their children’s educational journey. The resources within this section have been carefully reviewed and selected for relevant and timely content, and include articles on Waldorf Education, Children and Media, and Charter Schools.
We encourage parents to read, study, ask questions, and gain a continually deeper understanding of our pedagogy. The subject is complex and can involve just about every facet of family life. Some parents read articles to help them when they have questions and they attend class meetings regularly. Others extend this quest for understanding by going as far as taking a full teacher training course. Whatever path parents choose, we ask they join the faculty and administration in constantly striving to learn and understand the child’s experience in a deeper way.
Here are some resources you may find helpful:
We encourage parents to read, study, ask questions, and gain a continually deeper understanding of our pedagogy. The subject is complex and can involve just about every facet of family life. Some parents read articles to help them when they have questions and they attend class meetings regularly. Others extend this quest for understanding by going as far as taking a full teacher training course. Whatever path parents choose, we ask they join the faculty and administration in constantly striving to learn and understand the child’s experience in a deeper way.
Here are some resources you may find helpful:
Books:
Understanding Waldorf Education, Teaching from the Inside Out by Jack Petrash
Simplicity Parenting, Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier and More Secure Kids by Kim John Payne
Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and the New Realities of Girl World by Rosalind Wiseman
Masterminds and Wingmen: Helping Our Boys Cope with Schoolyard Power, Locker-Room Tests, Girlfriends, and the New Rules of Boy World by Rosalind Wiseman
The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way by Amanda Ripley
Navigating the Terrain of Childhood by Jack Petrash
How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity and the Hidden Power of Character by Paul Tough
Why Democracy Needs the Humanities by Martha C. Nussbaum
Waldorf Education, A Family Guide Edited by Pamela Johnson and Karen Rivers – Michaelmas Press
Podcasts:
Waldorfy, Exploring Education & Anthroposophy
A Waldorf Journey
Children and Media:
Why Limit Screen Time
Technology is Changing how Students Learn
Documentary on Media and Waldorf Education
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice: Mind over Machinery
Your Brain on Computers
A Silicon Valley School That Doesn’t Compute
Waldorf Information:
Growing a Waldorf-Inspired Approach in a Public School District, 2015 –Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education
Waldorf Education in Public Schools by Laura Pappano in the Harvard Education Letter, November 2011
Unpacking the Academic Performance Index In A Waldorf Charter (API): A White Paper by Debi Lenny, Andrew Silvert, and Lee Pope, 2011
Charter School Information:
What a New Harvard Study Shows About Student Performance in Charter Schools
Myth vs. Reality: 2020 in Florida Charter Schools
Understanding Waldorf Education, Teaching from the Inside Out by Jack Petrash
Simplicity Parenting, Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier and More Secure Kids by Kim John Payne
Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and the New Realities of Girl World by Rosalind Wiseman
Masterminds and Wingmen: Helping Our Boys Cope with Schoolyard Power, Locker-Room Tests, Girlfriends, and the New Rules of Boy World by Rosalind Wiseman
The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way by Amanda Ripley
Navigating the Terrain of Childhood by Jack Petrash
How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity and the Hidden Power of Character by Paul Tough
Why Democracy Needs the Humanities by Martha C. Nussbaum
Waldorf Education, A Family Guide Edited by Pamela Johnson and Karen Rivers – Michaelmas Press
Podcasts:
Waldorfy, Exploring Education & Anthroposophy
A Waldorf Journey
Children and Media:
Why Limit Screen Time
Technology is Changing how Students Learn
Documentary on Media and Waldorf Education
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice: Mind over Machinery
Your Brain on Computers
A Silicon Valley School That Doesn’t Compute
Waldorf Information:
Growing a Waldorf-Inspired Approach in a Public School District, 2015 –Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education
Waldorf Education in Public Schools by Laura Pappano in the Harvard Education Letter, November 2011
Unpacking the Academic Performance Index In A Waldorf Charter (API): A White Paper by Debi Lenny, Andrew Silvert, and Lee Pope, 2011
Charter School Information:
What a New Harvard Study Shows About Student Performance in Charter Schools
Myth vs. Reality: 2020 in Florida Charter Schools