Programs such as Montessori and the Waldorf Schools offer small classes, individualized instruction, and flexible, child-centered curricula which can accommodate the child and do not demand that the child do all of the accommodating . . . Rudolf Steiner was troubled by the overly academic emphasis of schools; he felt that the aesthetic side of children was being overlooked and that this should be developed along with the intellectual powers. Waldorf schools emphasize creativity in all aspects of children's work. The same teacher may stay with the same group of children for as many as eight grades. In so doing the teacher has to grow and learn with the children.

From Miseducation: Preschoolers at Risk David Elkind, Ph.D., Professor of Child Study, Tufts University
Author, The Hurried Child, All Grown Up and No Place to Go; Miseducation: Preschoolers at Risk