The Founders: Rainbow and Bruce

Rainbow RosenbloomRainbow Rosenbloom founded Live Education! in the fall of 1997, after 12 years of working with homeschooling families and co-ops, both privately and within the public schools. He studied Waldorf Education at Emerson College in England and worked as a class teacher and a high school teacher in several Waldorf schools. Rainbow also helped to construct an innovative Waldorf charter school program in Monterey, CA and served as its director for 3 years. He has a BA in Philosophy from The University of Tulsa and a Masters degree in Education from Harvard, where he studied Multiple Intelligence Theory with Howard Gardner.

 

Remembering Bruce

Join us in remembering our beloved co-founder, Bruce Bischof.

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Bruce BischoffBruce Bischof joined Rainbow in the beginning stages of Live Education! in 1998 as the principal writer and artist of the curriculum materials. He was the co-owner (with Rainbow) of Live Education!. Bruce had 14 years of experience as a Waldorf class teacher in addition to several years as a mentor to class teachers in a Waldorf charter school. He completed his Waldorf training from Rudolf Steiner College in 1983. He completed a masters degree in Philosophy and Humanities from California State University and holds a B.A. with honors in Philosophy from the University of California in addition to 2 years of formal training in Art History and 2 years of Music Theory. Bruce, the father of two children (now grown), resided with his wife Susan near Mt. Shasta in northern California.

 

Contributors and Consultants

Jen Rosenstein joined the Live Education team in early 2021 as a consultant. She and Rainbow have crossed paths many times over the last 20 years, and currently, they are involved in developing new and exciting offerings for homeschooling families. Jen has a long background in Waldorf Education teaching grades 1-8 multiple times in Waldorf Schools along the east coast. She was a founding kindergarten teacher at the St. Louis Waldorf School. She has also served as an instructor at Sunbridge Institute guiding teachers as they prepare for upcoming grades. Jen has been developing a connection to homeschooling throughout her years as a class teacher. For a few years, she homeschooled her own (now adult) child along with others, and most recently, has been a virtual homeschool teacher for students of various ages. Jen has also been guiding parents in their homeschooling journeys over the last two years, both independently, and as a coordinator for a few different schools. Her hope is to continue on this path so that she can share her experiences with the broader homeschooling community.

Jessica Geries resides in northern California with her husband on a farm. She completed her Bachelor of Science in biology with a minor in the arts from Warren Wilson College in 2012 and went on to work in the healthcare industry for a few years after which she moved back to California and taught high school sciences, arts and coached sports in a Waldorf High School. Her love of movement and her desire to deepen her knowledge of anthroposophy brought her to northern California where she completed a four-year training from the American Eurythmy School in the art of eurythmy and the practice of anthroposophy in 2022. In addition to her work and support of Live Education since 2018 to present, she performs eurythmy, plays accompaniment piano for eurythmy, engages in studies and enjoys the beautiful outdoors of northern California.