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Benham, Christine – Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 2010
One of the goals of Montessorians is to spread Montessori education and make quality Montessori education available for children. However, one of the obstacles is the lack of information in the world (and an abundance of misinformation) about the Montessori philosophy. In 2009, these two issues came to a head in what evolved into a battle of…
Descriptors: Montessori Schools, Public Schools, Urban Schools, Elementary Schools
Bossone, Richard M., Ed.; Polishook, Irwin H., Ed. – 1993
This publication presents 13 papers selected from a conference on school choice, which was designed to shed light on what is meant by school choice, what proposals are being advanced to achieve choice, and how various sections of the community view the issue. Following a preface and a list of participants in the conference, an essay by Christopher…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Educational Change, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education
Abt Associates, Inc., Cambridge, MA. – 1972
The voucher plan--a proposal to give parents the right and the financial means in the form of a voucher to send their child to the public, private, or parochial school of their choice--was developed as a "model" and, necessarily, without great sensitivity to differences among local school districts. The San Francisco Unified School…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Educational Experiments, Educational Improvement, Educational Vouchers