Brooklyn Waldorf School

BWS is a thriving progressive school nestled in the heart of Bedford-Stuyvesant, a historically African-American neighborhood in Brooklyn. Our faculty hails from all over the world and includes both seasoned Waldorf teachers and those new to Waldorf education. Typically, teachers remain with and lead a class through multiple grades, forming deep relationships with the children. Teachers do not use a prepared curriculum but develop their content through active engagement with the curricular resources offered in Waldorf teacher trainings as well as in consultation with the schools Pedagogical Administrator. Our curriculum is based on the developmental insights of Waldorf education but reflects our local urban environment and community values. Equity, cultural pluralism, and caring for the whole human being in the context of a big city inform all of our programs. Waldorf education has a deep connection to the arts, so in addition to our main lesson curriculum, students also recei...