I still remember my first day at preschool – a quiet, thoughtful girl thrust into a world of screaming toddlers, kids running around wildly and an older boy who stole my bag. I never went back.

When Cindy Rifenburg wanted to learn the Montessori method of teaching young children, she had to drive to Princeton, N.J., to get her certification. But it was worth it to the Lehigh Carbon Community ...

The Montessori philosophy founded by Dr. Maria Montessori is fundamentally a method of recognizing children as they really are and of creating an environment which will foster the fulfillment of their ...

Milwaukee Public Schools celebrated 13 soon-to-be Montessori teachers with a graduation ceremony at Hoyt Park June 6, after the cohort finished a unique MPS-sponsored training program intended to fill ...

One of the more unlikely beneficiaries of the economic downturn has come to light in recent weeks: more people are signing up to learn to teach Montessori. The teaching method prizes independent ...

Xavier University announced that its beloved Montessori Lab School will end with this school year, a move that has disappointed many of its students' parents. The Xavier lab school has a tradition of ...

He used to go up and down , and wouldn't stop . I let him do so, but wondered if it was only with my son , or it happened with all children . It was only after I joined a Montessori course that I got ...