Economic Explorations: An Economic Handbook for Waldorf Schools

by David S. Mitchell, David Alsop (Editor)

This collection of essays captures the new way to approach money in the context and operations of Waldorf schools. Lively essays on the qualities of money, the phases of development of schools, the structures of schools and their finances, and more, are all designed to help Waldorf schools take on new and effective approaches to economic life in an educational environment. These essays are by a variety of authors with varying experiences in Waldorf schools, providing interesting and diverse points of view to help schools.

144 pages, Paperback

Published August 18, 2015

About the author

David Mitchell was a Waldorf teacher for thirty-six years. He was a class teacher and a founding teacher of the Pine Hill Waldorf School in Wilton, New Hampshire. He taught life sciences, Shakespeare, geometry, blacksmithing, woodworking, and stone sculpture in Waldorf high schools for thirty-six years. An adjunct professor at Antioch College, he served as a leader in the Association of Waldorf Schools in North America (AWSNA) in various capacities since the 1980s. In 1997, the Amgen Corporation selected him as one of the top two teachers in the state of Colorado. Then he was the chair of publications for AWSNA and serves as the co-director of the Research Institute for Waldorf Education. He edited scores of books over the years and is the author of Will-Developed Intelligence; Windows into Waldorf; The Wonders of Waldorf Chemistry; and 25 Plays, and Resources for Waldorf Teachers (all from AWSNA), as well as a contributor to The Inner Life of the Earth from Lindisfarne Books.