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Direct linkDavid J. Fleming; Brooke Culclasure – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2024
This article examines the expansion of public Montessori education and its implications for student participation and outcomes. The study focuses on the state of South Carolina, which has the largest number of public Montessori programs in the United States. Through a comprehensive analysis of demographic characteristics and standardized test…
Descriptors: Montessori Schools, Montessori Method, Public Schools, Academic Achievement
David Paul Cupolo – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Numerous students across the United States are observed as being disengaged and bored in several of their learning experiences. Similarly, innumerable students also self-report being bored and disengaged. Over 40% of South Carolina (SC) students in Grades 3-8 report being compliant, disengaged, or mixed in all three domains (behaviorally,…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Attitudes, Attention, Learner Engagement
Culclasure, Brooke T.; Riga, Ginny – Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 2019
Due to the steady growth of Montessori in the public sector over the past 20 years, the question of whether authentic Montessori can be implemented in public schools is often raised. To try to shed light on this question, in 2011, the authors began a research study of more than 315 South Carolina public school classrooms (with approximately 7,500…
Descriptors: Montessori Schools, Montessori Method, Public Schools, Barriers
Download full textCulclasure, Brooke T.; Fleming, David J.; Riga, Ginny – Online Submission, 2018
With support from the Self Family Foundation and the South Carolina Education Oversight Committee, the Riley Institute has completed a multi-year study of Montessori education in South Carolina's public schools, the most comprehensive evaluation of public Montessori ever conducted in the United States. Between 2011 and 2016, this mixed-method…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Montessori Schools, Montessori Method, Public Schools
Scott, Catherine M. – Journal of School Choice, 2017
More than 6,000 charter schools exist in the United States, and of these 120 are Montessori charter schools. When studying charter school practices, researchers often examine issues such as performance accountability measures and effectiveness of charter school curricula. In doing so, the outcomes often overlook the challenges for teachers as they…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Montessori Method, Montessori Schools, Accountability
Rex, Jim; Chadwell, David – School Administrator, 2009
Public schools are offering more choices because educators increasingly have come to believe that a broader instructional menu brings positive results for everyone involved. The days of parents simply signing up their children at the neighborhood school for a one-size-fits-all curriculum are nearly over. In South Carolina, parents in high-choice…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Neighborhood Schools, Magnet Schools, School Choice
