The Goal: "Center for the Advancement of Montessori Public and Charter Schools"

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  "Currently about 95% of our school members are of the private-school category". It is fantastic that Laramie will have a public Montessori School in the fall. It is also wonderful considering that according to the aformentioned statistic, Laramie is is providing a public school that is only available in the five percentile range. In this article one man's hope is that Montessori will be "rooted in the public school system". This is my hope too. I am completely aware that Montessori may not work for every child and that some students thrive in the current form of education. What I want is alternatives for the students who are not staying afloat. Obviously, there are other people as eager as me.
           This article discusses the goals of the American Montessori Society. There are many articles about all the fabulous milestones AMS has achieved, but this one focuses on what AMS would hope Montessori would grow into. This is shown as the "Center for the Advancement of Montessori Public and Charter Schools," plan is developed:

•  Conducting a comprehensive analysis of lessons learned from existing Montessori public and charter schools - those that have been successful and those that have faced difficulties;
•  Implementing an outreach program of consulting services, professional development, and incentive grants to assist those interested in creating Montessori public and charter schools in their community;
•  Expanding our "Montessori Public and Charter School Networking Group," an online communications conference for educators and professionals working in public and charter schools who are interested in helping each other;
•  Identifying strategies for achieving buy-in by district and state leadership on essential standards and testing options;
• *Encouraging and disseminating research on the impact of Montessori education in public and charterschools.                                                                                                                                                 

 People are starting to understand the pros of Montessori, and are trying to fight for this alternative to be available to everyone.

 A Look at a Montessori Classroom

                                                         

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Let's Work Together To Spread the Montessori Method

This article was written by Richard A Ungerer,executive director of American Montessori Society in 2009. He talks about his "visions of Montessori education in the 21st century." His key points are regarding Montessori becoming widespread. He wants to see the education system flourish across developed and developing nations. Author, Mike Rose, wrote, "In Search of a Fresh Language of Schooling” One point that he brings up is how politics and big corporations or, our profit-driven society, follow a profit-driven model. Richard Ungerer interestingly enough brings up his opinion about how "Montessori education will be recognized as effective and essential in addressing the competencies needed for students to be successful in the 21st-century global economy." I wonder what global economy he was thinking of back in 2009? I suppose it would be ridiculous to put your children in a school, where when they come out, they are completely unaware of how to live in the 21st century, but at the same time, a bubble of a school where children learn how to be intrinsically motivated instead of focusing on the global economy seems wonderful too. Just as it is important to me that the current public school education is not the only option for families, it is also important to me that Montessori never be the only option either. I wholeheartedly believe that all children fall on different sides of the education spectrum, and that some students do well in the current form of education. I also, think some would do well in the Montessori system, others would do well in Waldorf, etc. It is just fantastic that Ungerer is talking about the importance of making Montessori available to everyone.

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