Today over 160 Waldorf schools flourish in the United States including the Waldorf School of the Peninsula, which touts the support, and educates the children, of eBay, Google, Yahoo and Apple executives.

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The figures will also highlight how well a secondary school educates those students who joined them as high achievers and will show how well schools improve the chances of pupils who have come from poorer backgrounds, Mr Gibb said.

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In 2010, the group opened its Kopila Valley School, which today educates more than 350 students.

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The school, which is privately run, cares for and educates children aged from six months to 16 years.

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Just ask Ted Gonder, the cofounder of Moneythink, an organization run by undergraduates that educates high school students on financial literacy.

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