Who We Are 2020Nearly 60 member schools and initiatives operating in over 14 states make up the Alliance Public Waldorf℠ Education. Waldorf education in North America is part of a worldwide movement in 74 countries. There are now 1,184 Waldorf Schools with an additional 1,958 Waldorf Kindergartens throughout the world. 2019-2020Waldorf celebrates 100 years of education. 2006The Alliance for Public Waldorf Education was founded. 1994Public charter schools are established and Public Waldorf education rapidly expands. 1991Waldorf education first enters the public realm in the United States at the Milwaukee Urban Waldorf Elementary school. 1928Waldorf education arrives in North America. It was initially limited to tuition-based schools, which have grown to over 250 schools under the leadership of the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America (AWSNA). 1919Rudolf Steiner develops Waldorf education in the aftermath of WWI.