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Download full textTegeler, Philip; Herskind, Micah – Poverty & Race Research Action Council, 2018
School and neighborhood segregation are recognized as pernicious and persistent problems across the United States, originally developed through intentional government policies, and perpetuated today by both public policy and private markets that have adapted to segregated systems of housing, education, and transportation. Housing and school…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, School Segregation, Housing, Social Influences
Direct linkHaakmat, Martha – Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 2015
Martha Haakmat writes in this article that in some ways she understands why parents might have a harder time understanding why Montessori is education at its best, especially as their children progress past preschool. Haakmat goes on to say that the learning path at Montessori schools is more proactive. Montessori schools ask that parents partner…
Descriptors: Parent Education, Montessori Schools, Montessori Method, Parent Participation
Powell, Mark – Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 2011
This article presents edited transcripts of separate Skype conversations with Richard Ungerer, AMS executive director, in his office at AMS headquarters in New York and Andre Roberfroid, president of AMI, at his home in Vetraz-Monthoux, France. It also presents a discussion of the ways the two organizations can join forces to strengthen the…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Foreign Countries, Montessori Method, Cooperation
Blessington, John P. – Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 2007
The role of the Skalel family and their founding of Whitby School in 1958 were the spark that started the Montessori movement in the United States. Ann Skalel was impressed with the Montessori method, having seen it in practice in Ireland, that she wanted to start such a school in Greenwich, CT for her grandchildren. Tragically, Skalel and her…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Montessori Schools, Montessori Method, Catholics
Yonka, Patricia – Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 2006
This article discusses the formation of the Youth Visits the United Nations (YVUN) program. The program began in 2003 with funds provided by the Ursula Thrush Peace Seed Grant. Its purpose is to bring middle school students to New York to attend sessions of the United Nations, allowing these adolescents the opportunity to learn about global issues…
Descriptors: Peace, Middle School Students, Global Approach, World Problems
Peer reviewedLopata, Christopher; Wallace, Nancy V.; Finn, Kristin V. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2005
The purpose of this study was to compare the academic achievement of 543 urban 4th- (n=291) and 8th- (n=252) grade students who attended Montessori or traditional education programs. The majority of the sample consisted of minority students (approximately 53 percent), and was considered low income (approximately 67 percent). Students who attended…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Grade 4, Academic Achievement, Montessori Schools
