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Montessori Concepts and Programs in the Mainstream

People often come to me excited about a "new" program some school is trying, or "new" information on the best practices for teaching. More often than not, this "new" program is really a component of Montessori Education. Over the years, I have collected an extensive group of articles about such programs or theories and have placed them here. 

I'm excited that "traditional education" is beginning to see the need for an integrated, comprehensive, multi-modality approach to education that looks at the whole child, but I need to say that often, if just one component of any educational Method is implemented, that activity or strategy doesn't work as well as if the WHOLE method was implemented.


Multi-Age Classrooms

Multi-Age Grouping is District's Best Kept Secret

Students Learn More in Multi-Age Classrooms

Children's Vocabualy Linked to that of the Other Students in Their Classroom


Multiple Modality Teaching

At This Georgia School, Howard Gardner's Theory Thrives -- and So Do Students

School Uses Horses to Help Teach Problem Children

Focus on Learning, Not Regurgitation

Ken Robinson Says Schools Kill Creativity

Catching Up or Leading the Way

Focus on Student's Strengths to Increase Children's Learning

Researchers Examine Importance of Learning From ‘Explaining’

Preparing Creative and Critical Thinkers

Understanding Concepts is Important to Children's Learning

Critical Thinking Central to Report's Proposed K-12 Reforms

Overemphasis Seen on Ratcheting Up Standards at Expense of Broader View of Academic ‘Rigor.’

Focus on Understanding,  Not on College Entrance Exams

Looking Beyond the "Answer"


Differentiated Instruction

Differentiated Instruction Tailors To Varied Reading Levels

Too Much Variation for One Size Fits All Education

Individualized Plans Aims to Personalize Education for All

Student Centered Differentiated Instruction Works at All Levels

Individualized Instruction Helps Students To Cover Material and Leads to Higher Graduation Rates

New Jersey to Study Personalized Learning Plans

Integration of Subject Material, Use of Real World Applications, and Distancing From Text Books


Most Textbooks Should Just Stay On the Shelf


Students Apply Scientific Method While Cooking

Elementary School Finds That Removing Text books pulls D's to a B's

Program Brings Math into the Real World

Youths plunge into serious study of DNA at advanced UA laboratory

Summer School Camp Uses Robots to Teach Math and Science

Elementary Students Learn the Basics of Engineering

Outdoor Garden Inspires Lessons in Conservation

School Uses Horses to Help Motivate Some Students to Learn and Behave

High School Mixes Algebra and Homeland Security

Developing Cookbook Teaches Skills Across the Curriculum

Construction Project Aims to Help Students Gain Vocational Skills





Project based Learning

Students Can Get Work Done in Groups

Project Learning Creates a Win-Win Situation

No Rewards- Intrinsic Learning

Why Are We Praising Our Children So Much?

Extrinsic Rewards Create Long Term Problems

The Importance of Pre-school

NRC Urges Greater Focus on Preschool Math

Self-regulation Game Predicts Kindergarten Achievement

Poor Full-day Kindergarteners' Reading, Math Gains Fade By 3rd Grade

Certain Skills Are Predictors Of Reading Ability In Young Children

Early Academic Skills, Not Behavior, Best Predict School Success



Peace Education- Teaching Social Responsibility

Educating Girls is the Key to Peace

Character Lessons Aim to Make Students More Empathetic


Engage Students Through Social Issues

Empower students to act when they see injustice


Grade-schoolers use penny donations to help homeless man

 Teaching Social Responsibility

How to Raise Global Students

Students Must Be Prepared to Tackle Environmental Issues

Service Projects May Boost Civic Engagement

High School Students Make Microfinance Loans to Grow Small Businesses Around the Globe.

Service Learning Keeps Some Students in School

A Culture of Service Learning

Bridging the Character Education Achievement Gap


Self Motivation, Active Learning, and Planting the Seeds of For Life Skills

Planting the Seeds of Life Skills

Transfer Students into Active Learners

Fostering Self Direction


Teaching Good Habits to Last a Lifetime

It’s OK. You Can Let Go.

Personal-Finance Class Prepares Teens for Life After Graduation
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