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    • 2025 Fall Issue
    • Articles
      • The Public Montessori Movement
      • Classroom and school practice
      • Montessori organizations
      • Research
    • Featured Schools
    • Montessori in Your State
      • Columns One
        • Alabama
        • Alaska
        • Arizona
        • Arkansas
        • California
        • Colorado
        • Connecticut
        • Delaware
        • District of Columbia
        • Florida
        • Georgia
        • Hawaii
        • Idaho
      • Columns Two
        • Illinois
        • Indiana
        • Iowa
        • Kansas
        • Kentucky
        • Louisiana
        • Maine
        • Maryland
        • Massachusetts
        • Michigan
        • Minnesota
        • Mississippi
        • Missouri
      • Columns Three
        • Montana
        • Nebraska
        • Nevada
        • New Hampshire
        • New Jersey
        • New Mexico
        • New York
        • North Carolina
        • North Dakota
        • Ohio
        • Oklahoma
        • Oregon
        • Pennsylvania
      • Columns Four
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    David Ayer

    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.




    Desert Sky Montessori Charter Wins $450,000 Grant

    2/9/2018 • Bend, OR • Desert Sky Montessori Charter Wins $450,000 Grant
    David Ayer February 9, 2018

    Public Montessori in Puerto Rico
    David Ayer February 8, 2018

    Largest Ever Montessori Study: Strengths Across Race and Income
    David Ayer January 29, 2018


    New Study: Public Montessori Raises Achievement, Closes Gaps
    David Ayer November 2, 2017

    Montessori Assessment at NCME
    David Ayer September 18, 2017

    Brady Education Foundation: $3M for Public Montessori Research 
    David Ayer September 1, 2017


    “Child-Centered” Charters at Risk of Failure?
    David Ayer May 9, 2017

    3/8/17 • Racine, WI • Racine Public Montessori Expansion
    David Ayer March 9, 2017
    Meyer Montessori in Tempe: Getting it Right From the Start

    Meyer Montessori in Tempe: Getting it Right From the Start
    David Ayer March 7, 2017


    1/26/17 • Jacksonville, FL • School Board Considers Access and Diversity for Montessori
    David Ayer January 26, 2017

    Spokane Public Montessori:
    Thirty Years in the Making
    David Ayer December 14, 2016

    Montessori for Homeless Families
    David Ayer November 1, 2016


    Measuring What Matters in Montessori—And Beyond
    David Ayer October 24, 2016
    Breakthrough Montessori

    Breakthrough: Montessori
    David Ayer September 26, 2016

    Detroit Public Montessori
    David Ayer August 16, 2016

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