A century ago, Italian physician Maria Montessori started an innovative school for children 4 to 7 years old in a destitute section of Rome. A new study, focusing on poor and lower-middle-class ...

Nine-year-old Ben Sickler proudly holds up an “aircraft carrier” he made using cut-up egg cartons and toilet paper rolls. A piece of red, white and blue cloth – representing the American flag – is ...

New findings from the University of Virginia show children who attended public Montessori preschool demonstrated better reading ability, executive function, short-term memory and social understanding ...

• Higher Ground Education has acquired the Altitude Learning LMS technology, along with Altitude’s product and engineering teams, to invest further in high-agency curriculum, pedagogy, and teacher ...

The first national randomized trial of public Montessori preschool students showed stronger long-term outcomes by kindergarten, including elevated reading, memory, and executive function as compared ...

I reported a few days ago on a conversation with the authors, Douglas Thomas and John Seely Brown, of the wonderful new book, A New Culture of Learning: Cultivating the Imagination for a World of ...

SEWICKLEY, Pa. (KDKA) — What do Taylor Swift, George Clooney, Julia Child, Yo-Yo Ma, Google co-founder Larry Page and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos all have in common? They all attended Montessori schools ...

A young student at South Coast Montessori explores geography through hands-on Montessori materials designed to spark curiosity and independence. (South Coast Montessori photo) As the 2025-2026 school ...

A school year is 180 days, with no two days and no two schools exactly alike. The students differ, the teachers differ, school cultures differ. Here, our photographers find what makes our school days ...

On a brisk spring morning, two middle schoolers were screwing pieces of plywood together to create a garden bed on the campus of a former elementary school in the north end of the city. Working under ...