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Montessori: The Missing Voice in the Education Reform Debate

The following article, written by Laura Flores Shaw, recently appeared in The Huffington Post.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/laura-flores-shaw/montessori-education-debate_b_1237451.html

Why we need to let kids be creative

The following article was written by By Carolina A. Miranda of parenting.com. "The word 'creativity,' in our society, tends to be applied to artistic endeavors. But divergent thinking is an essential part of everyday life, whether it's navigating office politics or devising a new social-media network," she writes. Divergent thinking is something we stress here at WMS.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/03/living/let-kids-be-creative-p/index.html?hpt=hp_bn8

Montessori Transitions

The following article was written by Dane Peters, Head of Brooklyn Heights Montessori School.

http://www.washingtonmontessori.org/docs/Montessori_Transitions_PLR_2011.pdf

Montessori Mafia

The following article appeared in the Wall Street Journal and was inspired by Ryan Sager, WSJ Commissioning Editor and a 1993 graduate of Washington Montessori School.

http://blogs.wsj.com/ideas-market/2011/04/05/the-montessori-mafia/

Montessori Madness

The following video is a "fast-draw" animation of a talk by Trevor Eissler, Montessori parent and author of "Montessori Madness: A Parent to Parent Argument for Montessori Education."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcgN0lEh5IA

Win-Win Competition

The following is an article written by Pat Werner, Head, Washington Montessori School. It was written in collaboration with Middle School Teacher Tom Fahsbender, Montessori colleague William Maier, Librarian Norma Mitchell and Board Member John Friedman.

http://www.washingtonmontessori.org/docs/Win-win_competition.pdf

Montessori 101

The following is an article written by  Tim Seldin, President of the Montessori Foundation, as found in Vol. 4. Number 4 of Tomorrow's Child.

www.montessori.org/sitefiles/montessori_101_nonprintable.pdf

Hanging In With Montessori-Tough Times

The following is an article written by Tim Seldin, President of the Montessori Foundation.

www.washingtonmontessori.org/docs/hangin_in_seldin.pdf

 
Evaluating Montessori Education