9/27/24 • New York City, NY • First Public Montessori School Opens in New York City
New York City’s first public Montessori school, P.S. 482 Albee Square Montessori, in downtown Brooklyn, got a nice write-up in Chalkbeat New York earlier this month.
The program is part of an effort to address declining public school enrollment by offering an alternative education model. The school emphasizes the multi-age groupings, self-directed learning and extended work periods that are a hallmark of Montessori education, attracting parents who were previously considering private options.
“Having something that defies the massive industry of education and is focused more on kids and less on the system is ideal for me,” Nick Vranizan, whose son Nico is starting prekindergarten at P.S. 482, told Chalkbeat New York. “Something like this would certainly keep us from shopping around” for private schools, he added.
The school is launching with prekindergarten and kindergarten and will eventually expand to the fifth grade.
David worked in private Montessori for more than twenty years as a parent, three-to-six year-old and adolescent teacher, administrator, writer, speaker, and advocate. In 2016 he began working with the National Center for Montessori in the Public Sector. David lives in Portland, Oregon.
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