I think the reason this educator is alarmed by the level of grades Waldorf/Steiner children are behind in "government schools", (I am assuming that she meant public schools) is that in the public schools, the system is teaching 2 grades beyond what the children are developmentally supposed to learn.  Public schools often only emphasize the mental/academic aspects and they don't value the arts, movement, and music the way the Waldorf/Steiner schools do.  The arts and music in the public schools are far from superior compared to the Waldorf/Steiner schools.  

@Keersten Plep That's very unfortunate that your child was called "naughty", and surprisingly, coming from a Waldorf teacher. I do agree that a Waldorf education does not accommodate children with special needs at all.  They are not trained and equipped for this.

@Jonathan I so agree with your comments. There are some "truths" to her points, but it is a huge generalization of Waldorf education. What these educators and "government schools" are missing is that they don't value creativity, the art, movement, but rather, only focus the academics on the mind and that is not a balanced education.