The publication this past fall of research findings indicating significant performance gains for children who learn in Montessori schools has sent waves of interest throughout the educational ...

One hundred and fifty years after Maria Montessori’s birth, tens of thousands of teachers around the world still hail her innovations and educational philosophy. One of Italy’s first female doctors, ...

For many years now, the people working to nudge Montessori education into the mainstream believed they had a lot of good answers for strengthening Delaware’s public schools. But they also faced more ...

The Montessori approach to education teaches academic subjects, but also nurtures a child's emotional health and social skills Children in Montessori schools are encouraged to learn and experiment ...

Contrary to expectation, Maria Montessori—yes, that Montessori, the mind behind an alternative education method popular among a generation of adults who call themselves "gentle parents" with ...

The Montessori method of education is known for promoting the autonomy of children and de-emphasizing the influence of teachers, so it’s striking that its creator was such an authoritarian. Maria ...

Parents have so many options for their kids these days, from charter schools to specialized institutions for math and sciences to alternate education methods like Montessori parenting. Montessori ...

It’s been more than 100 years since Dr. Maria Montessori first developed the Montessori method of education, which focuses on building children’s resourcefulness and natural abilities through ...

When a successful businessman in Oregon, who asked to remain anonymous for privacy reasons, found he needed to move into a memory-care facility as his dementia progressed, his depression came with him ...

On a brisk spring morning, two middle schoolers were screwing pieces of plywood together to create a garden bed on the campus of a former elementary school in the north end of the city. Working under ...