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Montessori in public schools

I was delighted to receive an email message yesterday from Trevor Eissler, author of Montessori Madness: A Parent to Parent Argument for Montessori Education. Trevor had discovered my blog posts on Montessori learning, including my re...

Classical education, Montessori, and the tension between the "what" and "how" of learning

In recent years my philosophical thinking about education has focused far more on the how of learning than the what. That is, I've become much less concerned about curriculum and far more concerned about pedagogy as I've been convinced ...

MontessoriPublic issue on charters and choice

MontessoriPublic is a new print and online publication from the National Center for Montessori in the Public Sector, an organization that celebrates and supports public Montessori schools and programs. The latest issue includes a series ...

Montessori Elementary program open house March 23

Bowling Green, Kentucky's first-ever Montessori elementary program will open its doors this August 2012. Associated with the Montessori School of Bowling Green, the new elementary program will welcome children ages six through twelve. ...

Uniting the adults in schools around a common purpose

I found the short video below via the National Center for Montessori in the Public Sector Facebook page. It features Dr. Katherine Merseth of the Harvard Graduate School of Education discussing school improvement and the necessity of "c...

Online learning and the future of schooling, Part II

A few weeks back I began a two-part series of posts responding to Francisco Dao's assertion that "online learning is a fantasty." Dao, a tech/innovation guru, argued that online courses lack the structure and interpersonal component to ...

One Size Does Not Fit All: A Student's Assessment of School

I started seeing Nikhil Goyal's name about a year ago and immediately took notice. I follow the work of a group called the Alternative Education Resource Organization (AERO), which advocates root-and-branch transformation of education...

Yes, kids need to know about the American Revolution

I was at a (very fine) workshop for educators recently with a highly-regarded speaker who confidently declared that, "Kids don't really need to know about the American Revolution!" His point was that we no longer need to teach kids wha...

#AnnualVL2015: Reflections on Day One

I'm delighted to be attending the Annual Visible Learning Conference in San Antonio, Texas, sponsored by Corwin Press, with a contingent of Kentucky educators from the Green River Regional Educational Cooperative (GRREC). (Update: See re...