by NWMontessori | Oct 16, 2014 | Of Interest
One of our parents Maia Driver, attended a parent evening at Pacific Crest on September 25th. She has shared her thoughts about the talk. We appreciate her taking the time to recap the evening so eloquently . Thank you Maia! Of Pink Towers, Cosmic Education, and...
by NWMontessori | Feb 19, 2014 | Of Interest, The Montessori Method
Forbes posted an article mentioning the significance of an age-old technique of teaching and pointed toward Maria Montessori as the source. Read more at the original article. In fact, the future of education was invented in 1906. That’s the year Maria Montessori, who...
by NWMontessori | Dec 16, 2012 | The Montessori Method
(Originally posted in The Christian Science Monitor, Laura Edwins) Doctor Maria Montessori may have given her name to one of the world’s most well known education methods, but the woman behind the philosophy is not a well known feminist figure. In the early twentieth...
by NWMontessori | Dec 16, 2012 | The Montessori Method
(Originally posted by The Christian Science Monitor, Chris Gaylord) <i>Maria Montessori stands in many ways as the mother of alternative education. The Italian physician and teacher invented a new kind of school, one with self-directed learning, classrooms with...
by NWMontessori | Apr 15, 2012 | Of Interest
(JAMES MARTIN, Special to Globe and Mail Update, Published Wednesday, Apr. 11, 2012 6:01AM EDT, Last updated Wednesday, Apr. 11, 2012 9:20AM EDT) Earlier this month, Google announced a new “multitask mode” for its Chrome browser, allowing people to increase...
