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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Thank you Jan Hoffman and Carnegie Mellon University. Well, thank you and shame on you at the same time. In the New York Times yesterday, Jan Hoffman wrote on a Carnegie Mellon study looking at effects on children’s learning and concentration of the heavily...
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The roof garden is blossoming! Actually, more than blossoming – it’s producing real food, smack in the middle of a smashed-in urban labyrinth, a wasteland for nature. Alpha Montessori – one of my favorite places – was last year’s...
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