(See below for full text.) You Can Be a Montessori Adult You are now graduating from a Montessori High School: prepare yourself for questions. For the rest of your life, this fact will be a curiosity to other people. They will ask you about your schooling, and they...
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Gender Equity in the Classroom: What it Looks Like and What You Can Do Read my suggestions for helping the next generation be more gender-equitable, published in the new edition of Montessori Leadership, available online and on your local newsstand now. Especially...
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It was a total delight to visit Alpha Montessori this past April. The first class of nine students just graduated in an emotional and inspiring ceremony. (See photos below or watch the ceremony here.) Many of these children started in the very early days of the school...
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For the record, I am a big fan of alternative education programs. I’m opposed to the thrust and consequences of both No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top, especially their emphases on extensive standardized testing and connecting teacher assessments to student...
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Does A Mighty Girl (www.amightygirl.com) really have the world’s largest collection of books, toys, music, and movies for “smart, confident, and courageous girls”? Well, I can’t prove that ‘world’ claim, but...
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Alpha Montessori As a committed Montessorian, I was curious about what Montessori schools were in New Delhi. The first ones I visited were very disappointing. The Montessori name has been an advertising slogan for many years, often disguising schools with little to...
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