Waldorf Homeschooling in 2025

Episode 232

What does Waldorf homeschooling look like in 2025? How has the homeschooling landscape and the Waldorf homeschooling movement changed? And what remains steady at the heart of Waldorf homeschooling?

Join Jean on the Art of Homeschooling podcast this week to explore the changing landscape of Waldorf homeschooling as families seek a more connected, creative, and holistic approach to educating their children at home.

A Washington Post survey in 2023 found that “American home schooling is evolving from a movement into a practice — no longer driven by shared ideology and political goals but by circumstances specific to individual families.”

And the 100th anniversary of Waldorf education has seen the focus shift away from dogmatic approaches to responsible innovation.

Waldorf education was founded on the principle that education can be a healing impulse for a divided and uncertain world.

In the world of 2025, as Jean has observed in her work with hundreds of families across the globe, Waldorf homeschoolers are seeking:

A flexible structure that fits their unique families
Strategies that help them use curriculum, resources, and learning materials to meet the needs of their individual children
Permission to let go of perfection
Encouragement and clarity to know they’re on the right track.
The confidence to trust their intuition and the wisdom to be guided by their hearts
A sense of community, and of being seen and supported
Time to reflect and reconnect

If this resonates with you as a Waldorf-inspired homeschooler in 2025, we invite you to join Jean and her team at the 19th annual Taproot Teacher Training in northeastern Ohio from August 14th to 17th, 2025.

Taproot is a one-of-a-kind opportunity to connect with kindred spirits, step away from the day-to-day, and immerse yourself in the arts, storytelling, music, and nature. Reconnect with your homeschooling purpose at Taproot 2025!