AMS-NCME 'Alliance' Discussions Continue

A plan for a "strategic alliance" between the American Montessori Society and the National Center for Montessori Education has been completed, but leaders of the two organizations say no official announcement is expected before late September.

AMS Launches 'Montessori Initiative'

The American Montessori Society announced in late August an ambitious marketing and public relations campaign, including parent-information materials for member and non-member schools, a new magazine and a plan for ads and supplements to be inserted in daily newspapers across the United States and Canada.

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Montessori Teacher Vulnerability, Circa 1964 Opinion

Lakshmi A. Kripalani

This continues Lakshmi Kripalani's recounting of her life and work during the revival of the Montessori movement in the United States in the early 1960s. After completing a year of teaching in Iowa, and attending the teacher education session that led to the split between Association Montessori International and the American Montessori Society, she returned to Iowa.

Honk (OK, write) If You Read This Column In Context

George S. Morrison

How many times have you driven by enthusiastic children and adults holding signs that exhort "If you ....... Honk!

From Kids to Laureates: It's About Engagement Resources

Rebecca Janke

"Whether children build a world of peace or a world of hatred is as much a result of the choices we as adults make, as well as the choices they make. Children will build a world using the tools and materials we provide them with, so let us choose to teach them the ways of peace."
- Dr. Wangari Maath - Founder of the Greenbelt Movement