Reggio Emilia is an Italian education framework based around a dialectic of theory and praxis. Or, in Reggio terms "observation and provocation." It is radically democratic as all classroom materials are made accessible, our notes on the kids are accessible, and the curriculum is based on child interest. It was created by the community in the famously red Reggio Amelia using post WWII reconstruction money, and based on the ideas of a Marxist educator and theater critic. If any of you teach or have young children, this shit is worth checking out.
I'd work at a Waldorf in a heartbeat, I love the nature, I love the child direction, i love the emphasis on practical skills.
It just has a lot of... quirks. The curriculum has absolutely wack psuedo science in it (depending on how closely the school adheres), the stuff about adults not interacting with kids as much as possible... I think counterproductive, and it fails to expose kids to an institution resembling anything they will ever interact with as an adult.