Maria Montessori stood before a crowd of 60 underprivileged children, her students. It was January 6, 1907, and the 36-year-old educator was opening her first school: the Casa dei Bambini, or ...
After Xavier University announced it would be ending the Montessori program within its lab school, transitioning it into a more traditional-style system, some families and teachers found themselve ...
In the following decades, Montessori schools and teacher training programs sprang up around the world. Before her death in 1952, Montessori was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize several times ...