Houston Group Deals for All-Montessori SchoolDennis SchapiroWith three years of ground work and a commitment to raise more than a half million dollars, a coalition of Houston parents and teachers won an agreement from the Houston Independent School District to open an all-Montessori school for 500 students this fall. An Alternative Path to Teaching LicenseMark AndersonNo Child Left Behind is on the minds of public school Montessori educators not just because of its testing regime but also because of its "Highly Qualified Teacher" (HQT) requirement. Millard's Middle School Model: An Evolving Business Has Program 'Montessoaring'The Erdkinder environment, briefly described by Maria Montessori in the later part of her life, sought to provide for the adolescent a place where the practical aspects of life could be explored.Breakaway Charters Roil Two CommunitiesDennis SchapiroWhen parents and teachers decide to leave established public Montessori programs, and create charter Montessori schools, the split can be painful and issues of race and class can complicate life in smaller communities No Child Left BehindThe federal No Child Left Behind law is changing public education. Public Montessori programs may be a special case, but they are by no means exempt. Juneau, AK: Foes Criticize 'Unified' Program as 'Elitist'A 4-3 vote by the Juneau, AK, school board on April 5 to grant a charter to the Montessori Borealis Charter School has created the prospect of a unified public Montessori program in the city. Sally Kilgore on Reform and AdvocacyCatherine McTamaneyAn interview with Sally Kilgore, the President and CEO of Modern Red Schoolhouse Parent Pressure Keeps Two Programs IntactKansas City: Sites Saved But Parents Still WorryRochester, NY: Protests Reverse Proposed Closing Testing: Two Districts Implement New Requirementsmark andersonMontessori educators are among the growing throng of school officials and lawmakers who are finding plenty to criticize in the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law. Paying for PreschoolCam GordonA Charter Finds a Way, at No Small Cost Richard Ungerer's Vision: New AMS Leader on the Road AheadCam GordonAn interview with Richard Ungerer, the American Montessori Society's new executive director A Charter Grows in PhillyKathleen Miller DzuraThe Philadelphia Montessori Charter School is the first and only free public Montessori charter school in Philadelphia The Art of Montessori LeadershipCatherine Mctamaney The Wallace Foundation's recent report,How Leadership Influences Student Learning, provides the latest powerful evidence of the role of leadership on the academic growth of students.So You Want to Start a Charter School?Advice from Philadelphia TSUNAMI: Montessorians Dig Deep to HelpMontessori educators have rallied to help victims of the December tsunami. Teaching: Daoust Sees 4 'Clusters' of Montessori TeachingCarolyn Daoust's An Examination of Implementation Practices in Montessori Early Childhood Education, submitted to the University of California-Berkeley, won the American Montessori Society's award for the best Ph.D. Dissertation of the year in April. Daoust's research raised some striking issues about the wide range of practices that go by the name "Montessori." How much ought teachers adapt the approach while still calling it Montessori? We asked her to explain her findings. Normalization: Time for Cultural Sensitivity Check?Pamela AutryMaria Montessori's choices of words to describe the phenomena she observed in children were products of a particular place and time. As we experience the paradigm shift into the information age and our technologies of communication change, so will our vocabulary change. |
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