Our newsletter
You can download our newsletter - published in German (print and online version), English and Spanish (online version) twice a year. For questions, simply send us an e-mail.
Spring/Summer 2026
100 Years of Waldorf Kindergardens
This year, we are celebrating 100 years of Waldorf education for infants and pre-school children, including a major international conference at the Goetheanum. In this issue, too, we take a look at the unique features of Waldorf kindergartens around the world – in our special feature starting on page 11, teachers share their experiences of their work.
Autumn/Winter 2025/2026
Your donation for more equal educational opportunities
Since the founding of the Friends of Waldorf Education, it has been particularly important to us that Waldorf schools are accessible to children, even if their families face significant social and economic challenges. This is especially relevant in areas where independent schools receive little or no state funding and therefore have to finance themselves. Ideally, there should be a healthy balance at schools, with some families paying slightly more in school fees and others paying less. At some schools, however, the overall economic situation in the country and the surrounding areas is so precarious that this balance cannot be achieved. This is precisely the situation we have been trying to address with our work for over 50 years – and especially with our current appeal for donations, ‘Waldorf schools for financially disadvantaged children’. We would like to introduce some of these schools to you starting on page 11.
Spring/Summer 2025
Rudolf Steiner and the Waldorf School
Rudolf Steiner died just six years after founding the first Waldorf school. In this issue of Waldorf Worldwide, we look at the development of Waldorf education worldwide, which would not have taken place without Steiner’s impulses. In our current thematic focus starting on page 7, we explore these impulses and look at the diverse development of Waldorf education using five examples, each from a different continent.
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Autumn/Winter 2024/2025
How do Waldorf schools work in the UK? What challenges do Waldorf schools in France have to overcome? Why are there almost no Waldorf schools in Greece? In our newsletter, Waldorf Worldwide, we report relatively rarely on Waldorf schools in Europe. Yet, many of them are dependent on funding and support from abroad. You can find out why in our current thematic focus starting on page 11.
Spring/Summer 2024
What we do today affects tomorrow. Our children learn this, for example, in horticulture lessons. If something happens today, something will grow so that I can feed myself in future and that will bring me sustenance and joy. In this issue we look at how we can influence the future. What does a good education mean for a child‘s future? What effect does your donation, or your educational sponsorship, have? How does a young person‘s future change after volunteering, and what impact does this service have on those he or she works with during this time?
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Autumn/Winter 2023/2024
School is more than simply lessons
In our cover story „School is more than simply lessons“ we look at aspects of Waldorf education which are not directly located in the classroom.
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Spring/Summer 2023
After reporting on the work of the Friends of Waldorf Education in the last issue of Waldorf Worldwide, we turn our attention in this issue's cover story to where and how your donations make an impact and why every donation, large or small, earmarked or free, always makes sense.
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Autumn/Winter 2022/2023
The work of the Friends: Your donation is well received
In addition to our annual financial report, in this issue we would like to tell you more about our daily work at the Friends of Waldorf Education, especially how the donations are employed. How your donation is received around the world - our cover story starting on page 9.
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Spring/Summer 2022
School Building: The creation of places for growth and learning
One of the biggest challenges in founding but also in growing a school or kindergarten is to find suitable rooms in which the children feel comfortable and can learn and play well. We are always happy to help at this particularly difficult point. You can read more about current building projects in our cover story starting on page 11.
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Fall/Winter 2021/2022
Routes to School Children around the world on their way to school or kindergarten
Every day, children all over the world make their way to their Waldorf school, their Waldorf kindergarten, their Waldorf after-school club, or related activities. Waldorf education as lived all over the world, is as diverse and different as the ways of the children and young people. For some it is a long walk on a dirt road, for others it might be an adventurous ride on a bicycle along a river, and for others still, it could be a challenging walk through dark alleyways. But the destination is always the same: a place of learning and care. We tell you about these different paths, starting on page 9.
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