Dr. Montessori originally developed her pedagogical approach for low-income children in Rome. Unfortunately, in the U.S., the Montessori model was largely relegated to private schools. However ...

Up until that point, Montessori had taken off in countries around Europe, but unlike other imported European methods like Waldorf, it hadn't made much of a dent in the U.S.

The Montessori approach to educating centers around the individual child, says Vannessa Nasset, head of Bloom! Montessori, on the Walking Mall. Elementary student Morgan Casey works alone on a ...

The Montessori method routed disproportionately to rich white kids because good things do, but also because she increasingly viewed her project as, in Kramer’s words, “a patentable business.” ...

Yovana “Betsy” Elizondo's first experience with The Montessori School on 11th Street was when she was just 12 years old. Her ...

Maria Montessori, a physician and educator, developed the teaching method in Italy more than 100 years ago. For four weeks of ...

On the 100 th anniversary of the 1907 opening of Montessori’s first school—in the slums of Rome—5,000 schools devoted to her method dot the United States, with another 17,000 worldwide.

The Montessori method is based on the work of Italian physician and educator Dr. Marie Montessori (1870-1952), ... part of the leadership team at Swannanoa Valley Montessori School.