by International Montessori Council Staff
The original mission of the International Montessori Council (IMC) did not include teacher education. In fact, IMC existed for many years without any affiliated teacher education programs. The IMC’s main focus in those early years, and still today, is creating an open-minded and open-hearted Montessori organization. Eleven years ago, that mission expanded with the approval […]
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by Dr Val Wise
Research has demonstrated the benefits children gain from attending racially diverse schools. Berends and Penaloza (2010) and Newton (2010), both found that students in diverse schools tended to score higher in math. Benson and Borman (2010), found that literacy scores improved when students attended racially diverse schools. As Montessorians, we know that education cannot be […]
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by Christine Lowry
The book, Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain, written by Zaretta Hammond, examines the philosophy and implementation of culturally responsive teaching in the context of current research and knowledge of neuropsychology and its impact on student behavior and response. The book seeks to connect current brain research and culturally responsive teaching with the question “what […]
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by Ann Epstein Ph.D
Supports for children who have special needs have been legally mandated for several decades in the United States. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act became law in 1990 and was updated in 2004. Public schools must provide Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) for students with documented needs that meet the law’s specified criteria. IEPs identify needed […]
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by Kathy Leitch
Dear IMC members, Well, we are almost there! By the time this issue of Montessori Leadership arrives, we will have celebrated the end of another school year and are well into preparing for the next, in most of the northern hemisphere. Where did the summer go? I like to consider the end of each school […]
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by Cindy Acker Sarah McArthur LeValley
Webcast The Importance of Social Justice Practice in Montessori Schools
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by Michael Dorer, EdD
Discovery Part 2 With Kathy Leitch and Michael Dorer
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by Dina Paulik
A Montessori Retrospective With Dina Paulik
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by Michael Dorer, EdD
Discovery With Kathy Leitch and Dr. Michael Dorer
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