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ERIC Number: ED614515
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Dec-17
Pages: 25
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
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City Garden Montessori School: Building an Anti-Racist Community. Diverse Charter Schools
Quick, Kimberly
Century Foundation
In a gentrifying area of St. Louis, Missouri, City Garden Montessori School is an integrated haven in a segregated city, as well as an active voice for racial justice and reconciliation. Realizing its power to both reflect and change its neighborhood, the school commits itself to harnessing its unique position to push for effective public policy and sustainable community, advocates at the state and local levels, and works with its neighbors to engage in anti-racist and anti-bias dialogue. At the same time, its free, public Montessori model offers a unique pedagogical experience to children who otherwise might be unable to afford it. This report discusses how City Garden Montessori School honors interconnectedness in a multitude of ways: it develops curriculum that empowers children while providing them with the skills to form strong identities and embrace difference; establishes robust family and community outreach efforts based on listening to their needs and co-creating action steps; and builds a system of internal accountability and training to ensure that school leadership and faculty practices what they preach. As the school grows into a network, the ideas of equity, justice, and community will continue to serve as its guiding principles.
Century Foundation. 41 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021. Tel: 212-535-4441; Fax: 212-879-9197; e-mail: info@tcf.org; Web site: http://www.tcf.org
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education; Elementary Education; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: The Century Foundation
Identifiers - Location: Missouri (Saint Louis)
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