More than seven years ago Montessori parents Vina Kay and Jan Selby began working on the concept behind Building the Pink Tower, an independent documentary film about Montessori education. (Vina […]
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Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Pledges Blllions for Montessori (Inspired)
As most of the Montessori world, and a good chunk of the rest of the world, knows by now, Amazon founding CEO and multi billionaire Jeff Bezos announced what appears […]
$3.3 Million Federally Funded Montessori Research Study
There’s so much important news in this that it’s hard to get it all in one sentence. First, $3 million. That’s a lot of money, and it’s a different $3 […]
Montessori Research Center Opens at KU
This article appears in the Spring 2018 print issue of MontessoriPublic. The posting on the University of Kansas KU Today page says it all in the first line: The University […]
6/1/2018 • Washington, DC • Lee Montessori Earns AMI Recognition
6/1/2018 • Washington, DC • Lee Montessori Public Charter School has become the only public Montessori school in Washington, D.C. to receive Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) Recognition at both the Primary […]
MontessoriPublic—Print Edition
Volume 2 Number 3: Teacher Training
The Spring issue of MontessoriPublic—Print Edition is out! You can read it online here, and subscribe to a printed copy here. New with this issue: PDFs of individual articles now available for […]
Adding Equity to Montessori Training
The importance of including anti-bias, anti-racist education Montessori educators love their training. For most, it is a transformative experience, one in which they come to see the world, and certainly children, in a […]
Credential Recognition for Montessori Training
This article appears in the Spring 2018 print issue of MontessoriPublic. Eight states now recognize the diploma, with more on the way We have a crisis in Montessori public Schools. There is a […]
5/14/2018 • Atlanta, GA • Georgia Montessori Teaching Certificate Approved
5/14/2018 • Atlanta, GA • The Georgia Professional Standards Commission has approved a Montessori Teaching Certificate, under which a MACTE-accredited Montessori credential plus a content exam, an ethics exam, and three […]
4/5/2018 • San Antonio, TX • Montessori Disrupts Economic Segregation
4/5/2018 • San Antonio, TX • San Antonio Independent School District (SISD) Chief Innovation Officer Mohammed Choudhury is using an income-weighted lottery to diversify five of the district’s specialty schools, including […]