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Five Questions with Our Co-Founder
This issue features a short conversation with Shepha Schneirsohn Vainstein MA LMFT, co-founder and president of reGeneration Education, exploring the organization’s vision to protect the spirit of childhood and support children whose learning has been impacted by toxic stress.
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Education for a World in Crisis: The Call for Minimum Standards for the Waldorf Movement
At Dornach, Switzerland, a panel discussion for Das Gortheanum TV on emergency education and learning in times of crisis. Pictured left to right: Fiona Bay, head of emergency education at Friends of Rudolf Steiner; Stefanie Alon, Waldorf early childhood teacher trainer in Israel; Moderator Franka Henn; Barbara Schiller from START; Beatrice Rutishauser Ramm, who developed…
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2024 Essence of Learning Holy Land Teacher Training Results
We are thrilled to announce the results of our 2024 trauma-informed teacher training in the Holy Land!
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How Do We Educate Children Traumatized by War?
“Our everyday life is as it is. This is normal for us,” a second-grade student told me in Damascus, Syria. In my work with traumatized children, I have witnessed many different versions of “normality.” Some students left their homes with their parents to create a new home elsewhere. Others have experienced their fathers leaving the…
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Why Trauma-Affected Children Fail in Traditional Schools
“He seems lazy. He can’t motivate himself to do his work or remember anything.” “She has angry outbursts in class and screams at teachers and students.” “She always seems to have a stomach ache.” Trauma and toxic stress exposure can wreak havoc in the classroom.
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Why We Believe Bilingual Kindergarten is a Path to Peace in Israel
We are Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel whose children learn together in a bilingual kindergarten in Israel. For over a year, we have been working hard to establish a warm and cohesive environment for young parents that seek to give their children an alternative and multicultural education. Where we live in Israel, this shared…
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Why more peaceful childhoods create more peaceful societies
Many aspects of life in the Holy Land can generate toxic stress for children: the blare of missile alarm systems as rockets hurdle overhead, the pang of hunger in the stomach of a child growing up in poverty, or the sense of unease and fear on the street after a terror attack from a Jewish…
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Press Release: Groundbreaking Research Identifies Opportunities to Increase Educational Equity in Israel
Today is a historic day. We are announcing the results of our 21-month study of the systemic barriers that prevent children in Israel from accessing trauma-informed education. In our press release below, learn more about our research and platform for peace through trauma-informed education.
