One hundred and fifty years after Maria Montessori’s birth, tens of thousands of teachers around the world still hail her innovations and educational philosophy. One of Italy’s first female doctors, ...

This week is Montessori Education Week, when at New Discoveries Montessori Academy in Hutchinson we answer the question: ”Who was Maria Montessori?” Our schoolwide belief is Maria was a type of ...

The Child Is the Teacher: A Life of Maria Montessori, by Cristina De Stefano, Other Press, 248 pages, $28.99 Maria Montessori's ideas about education stem from the principles of choice, individual ...

Since 1989, Country Montessori School has been helping children develop their intellectual, physical, social, and emotional potential to the fullest. Montessori education is based on physician Dr.

The Child Is the Teacher: A Life of Maria Montessori, by Cristina De Stefano. Translated from the Italian by Gregory Conti. Other Press. 368 pages. $28.99. She hires the daughter of a custodian to ...

The non-touch model of edtech is changing, thanks in part to the century-old theories of early education pioneer Maria Montessori. Ask a child to sit on her hands while she solves a problem, and it ...

We are in the middle of a renovation project to our 100-year-old house. As I was packing “stuff” to move from one bedroom to another, I came upon a box of drawings and daily reports from Ms. Diane — ...

Italian educator Maria Montessori in Rome in 1951. Her philosophy of child-directed learning was geared toward underprivileged students, but today it is often associated with upper-class schools.

Paris-based company Indie Sales has closed a raft of major deals on ‘‘Maria Montessori,” a film starring Italian actress Jasmine Trinca (“Fortunata”) as the famed Italian physician and educator who ...