4/12/2019 • Honlulu, HI • Hawaii has joined the ranks of states with teacher credential recognition for Montessori teacher training. Teachers with an early childhood credential from any MACTE-accredited teacher education […]
About David Ayer
Montessori Inspired
When I think about Montessori-inspired, I try to think back to what inspired me about Montessori in the first place—where did I first “breathe it in.” Of course I inhaled it deeply during my training, but that’s not an experience most people get to have. When I really consider it, the real inspiration came before that, the way it did for many of us—in a classroom observation.
Puerto Rico recognizes public Montessori
by David Ayer This article is reprinted from the Winter 2019 issue of MontessoriPublic—Print Edition. Public Montessori on the island takes a bold step Puerto Rico is home to the greatest […]
MontessoriPublic—Print Edition
Volume 3, Number 2: Policy and Advocacy
The Winter issue of MontessoriPublic—Print Edition is out! You can read it online here, and subscribe to a printed copy here. We mail multiple copies to public Montessori schools, one for each teacher, based […]
MontessoriPublic—Print Edition
Volume 3 Number 1: Literacy
The Fall issue of MontessoriPublic—Print Edition is out! You can read it online here, and subscribe to a printed copy here. We mail multiple copies to public Montessori schools, one […]
“Inside Montessori” Documentary Premieres this Fall
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 […]
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 […]