I was just reading bits of a book about Waldorf education I found lying around.  I agree with them almost completely about what’s wrong with education, but not quite with how they set about to fix it.  Why the complete focus on creation limited to self-expression and exclusion of creation of things of use and purpose?  Writing software, for instance, that helps you organize your friends, or your life?  Or otherwise making tools, and not just art?

http://www.austinwaldorf.org/About%20Waldorf

The school’s guiding values are a life-long love of learning, creative thinking and self-confidence, a sympathetic interest in the world and the lives of others, and an abiding sense of moral purpose. By creating a school environment that balances academic, artistic, and practical disciplines, as well as providing daily opportunities for both group and individual learning, Austin Waldorf School cultivates the faculties that allow our students to develop thesequalities.

Learning in a Waldorf school is an imaginative, enlivening, and creative process. The common thread in every subject is the artistic element - art, music, drama, storytelling, poetry, and crafts are woven into the curriculum. Our students learn with more than their heads; they learn with their heads, hearts, and hands.