The story touches on nearly every challenge of public Montessori in the last three decades: the access to training, overcoming resistance to a different model, balancing access and open enrollment with a sense of “fit” with Montessori, equity and diversity, changes in leadership, and more.
Breakthrough Montessori — Part II
Breakthrough Montessori Public Charter School (Part II of a profile on Breakthrough Montessori Public Charter School — you can read part I, which describes how the National Center for Montessori […]
Breakthrough: Montessori
The National Center for Montessori in the Public Sector (NCMPS) was launched in 2012 (originally as a project of the American Montessori Society, later spun off as an independent non-profit) to […]
Penfield Montessori Academy: A New Chapter in Milwaukee Montessori
Penfield Children’s Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a long-standing program for children with developmental delays and other special needs, is opening Penfield Montessori Academy, a Montessori charter school serving special needs and […]
Tobin Montessori School: A Case Study in Cambridge
The 2016 Montessori for Social Justice Conference was held at the John M. Tobin Montessori School, a Cambridge Public Schools Montessori school serving nearly 300 children from three years old through fifth […]
Desert Sky Montessori:
A Charter Sprouts in the Desert
Desert Sky Montessori is a Montessori charter school in the process of formation in the high desert Deschutes County seat town of Bend, Oregon. Because the charter has been proposed […]
The Community Roots School:
Rooted in Community
To understand The Community Roots School, a K-6 Montessori charter school in Silverton, Oregon, you have to understand the community where it is rooted. Silverton, with a population of about […]
Lewis and Clark Discover Montessori
on the Oregon Trail
Early on, people told Lewis and Clark Charter Montessori School Executive Director Melissa Harbert to stay away from the new program: “You can’t do ‘proper’ Montessori in a public school.” […]
I Have A Dream Oregon
Dreams of Montessori
Progressive Portland, Oregon: you think of food carts, public transport, and bearded hipsters swilling hand-roasted artisanal coffee in the morning and quirky microbrews at night. But out on the northeast […]