Montessori School

'Creating Innovators'

Tony Wagner | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Early Childhood Development, Montessori, Steve Jobs Quotes, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Montessori School, Childhood Development, Malcolm Gladwell, Entreprenuership, Mit, Harvard University, College News
Tony Wagner

In more than one hundred and fifty interviews for this book -- lengthy conversations with scores of innovators and their parents, teachers, and mentors -- passion was the most frequently recurring word.

Read Post

Montessori: The Missing Voice in the Education Reform Debate

Laura Flores Shaw | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Montessori, Education, Education Debate, Montessori School, California Schools, Education Reform, Montessori Schools California, Education Debates, Education News
Laura Flores Shaw

Education reformers these days cast their nets far and wide to try to find a solution to the current malaise in our schools. They look to Finland, or to digital learning models. Why is Montessori ignored?

Read Post

How Much Homework Is Too Much?

Holly Robinson | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Homework, Montessori, High School, Montessori School, College Prep, Homework Load, Excessive Homework, Education News
Holly Robinson

Why are we still letting homework bleed into evenings, so that there's never time for a game of cards, never mind chess? Why do our weekends have to be spent figuring out physics vectors instead of hiking in the White Mountains?

Read Post

New Ways Reformers Are Tackling College Readiness

AP | By LEANNE ITALIE | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: South Texas College, College Preparedness, High School Remediation, College, School Remediation, College Readiness, Salve Regina University, Alliance for Excellent Education, High School, American Institute for Research, Montessori School, Remediation, Martha's Vineyard High School, Bridgton Maine, Education News

-- Trey Rasmussen excelled at hockey at his Martha's Vineyard high school. Academics, not so much. "I was planning on graduating and just jumping ri...

Read Whole Story

Elitism v. Education: Are Private Schools Really Worth The $136,000 Price Tag?

Holly Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Education, Tuition, Children, Public School, High School, Middle School, Independent School, Is Private School Better, Private School, Parenting, Montessori School, Lifelong Learner, Learning, Parents, Education News
Holly Robinson

I still haven't managed to wrap my mind around how much money a private high school education costs.

Read Post

Now That School Is Out, What Did They Really Learn?

Holly Robinson | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Montessori, Alternative Middle School, Alternative School, Private School, Public Shool, Montessori School, Healthy Living News
Holly Robinson

His new Montessori school gave Aidan the confidence to be creative and joyful, to ask questions and seek the answers himself.

Read Post