http://blogs.wsj.com/ideas-market/2011/04/05/the-montessori-mafia/
An interesting article about fostering creativity. Apparently there are a slew of the creative innovators, founders of both Google and Wikipedia, for instance, that were Montessori students before changing the world. This article talks a good deal about the importance Montessori schools put on the students' interests.
Interested in observing at a Montessori Middle School? Here are some in the Chicago Metro Area
http://www.chiaravalle.org/
http://www.nnms.org/
http://www.rpmschool.org/
If interested, here is a good summary of the Montessori Method.
Posted by: BB
Ben,
ReplyDeleteThank you for the brief overview of the Montessori Method. Actually, I just had someone ask me about the approach yesterday. I will send them this site.
Mary Pat