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27 August 2007

Montessori method celebrates a century of individualized teaching
The Huntsville Times - al.com - Huntsville, AL, USA
By PAT NEWCOMB Maria Montessori didn't start out to become an educator. She was a doctor, the first female graduate of the University of Rome's medical...
<http://www.al.com/living/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/living/118820620327910.xml&coll=1>

16 July 2007

Montessori schools celebrating anniversary
Norwich Bulletin - Norwich, CT, USA
By PARISA KHAKUEI Ever since Meredith Diette's son, Simon, 5, entered the Montessori program, he has kept surprising his parents with what he learns every ...
<http://www.norwichbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070716/NEWS01/707160308/1002>

12 June 2007

Montessori education turns 100
Minnesota Public Radio - Saint Paul, MN, USA
by Laura McCallum, Minnesota Public Radio Montessori education celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. It was in 1907 that Italian physician Maria ...
<http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/06/06/montessori/>

3 June 2007

100 years of Montessori Magic
Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati, OH, USA
When Italian pediatrician Maria Montessori opened her first Casa dei Bambini - Children's House - in a Roman slum 100 years ago, she had no idea her ...
<http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070603/EDIT03/706030353/1090>

What you say: The Montessori magic turns 100
Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati, OH, USA
I enrolled him in Central Montessori Academy in the fall of 2006, and he has blossomed. Aidan experiences life through all of his senses, and the Montessori ...
<http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070603/EDIT03/706030354/1090>

31 May 2007

Pupils Go Extra Mile For Abused Children on Sponsored Walk
Camden New Journal - Camden Town, London, UK
Children from Hampstead’s Maria Montessori School joined more than 20,000 other schools around the world in taking 100 steps for charity.
<http://www.thecnj.co.uk/camden/053107/news053107_06.html>

20 May 2007

Montessori and Me
Washington Post - Washington, DC, USA
When Maria Montessori docked in New York on her first trip to America in 1913, crowds greeted her ship, and her arrival made the front pages. ...
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/18/AR2007051801703.html>

19 May 2007

The Cult of the Pink Tower
Slate - Washington Post Online Magazine
Montessori turns 100—what the hell is it? By Emily Bazelon
<http://www.slate.com/id/2166489>

10 May 2007

A lesson about Montessori education
Burlington Times News - Burlington, NC, USA
Montessori is actually the legacy of Italian physician Maria Montessori, who opened the first school 100 years ago and studied the development of her ...
<http://www.thetimesnews.com/onset?id=1955&template=article.html>

Downs celebrates educational anniversary
Malvern Gazette - Worcester, UK
Children at the Downs School in Colwall will next week join in celebrations for the centenary of Montessori education. In 1907 the first Montessori school ...
<http://www.malverngazette.co.uk/news/malvnewsroundup/display.
var.1389362.0.downs_celebrates_educational_anniversary.php
>

100th Anniversary of Montessori Education
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
Centenary Exhibit opens in Toronto on May 14th Recent research supports Maria Montessori's ideas 100 years later TORONTO, May 10 /CNW/ - A century after the ...
<http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2007/10/c7265.html>

30 April 2007

Redlands Montessori school celebrates 100 years
Press-Enterprise (subscription) - Riverside, CA, USA
REDLANDS - Events celebrating the 100th anniversary of Montessori education will culminate on Saturday with a spring carnival. Montessori in Redlands will ...
<http://www.pe.com/localnews/sbcounty/stories/PE_News_Local_B_b2spot01.3e41f17.html>

28 April 2007

100 years and learning: Montessori schools celebrate centennial of ...
Gwinnett Daily Post - Griffin, GA, USA
LAWRENCEVILLE — One hundred years ago, Maria Montessori opened her first school, with the goal of creating world peace through education. ...
<http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=32&url_article_id=27353&url_subchannel_id=&change_well_id=2>

22 April 2007

Montessori Education Reaches 100 Years
Jamestown Post Journal - Jamestown, NY, USA
It was 1907 when Dr. Maria Montessori opened her first Casa dei Bambini, or Children’s House, in Rome, Italy. Montessori schools throughout the world are ...
<http://post-journal.com/articles.asp?articleID=14744>

21 April 2007

Early learning goes under microscope...
Gulf Daily News - Manama, Bahrain
More than 160 people from the region and worldwide are expected to attend
the First International Early Childhood and Montessori Conference. ...
<http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=179838&Sn=BNEW&IssueID=30032>

Montessori school plans to celebrate two milestones
Redlands Daily Facts - Redlands,CA,USA
REDLANDS - Montessori in Redlands will mark two milestones during its "Grand Reopening and Centenary Celebration of Montessori Education" at 1 pm Saturday, ...
<http://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/news/ci_5714178>

10 April 2007

Century of Montessori
Times Online - Auckland, New Zealand
The Montessori class from Howick Primary also attended and has its own tree in the grounds of the preschool, she says. “All the children are very excited ...
<http://www.times.co.nz/cms/news/education/2007/04/art100016149.php>

29 March 2007

Montessori schools thrive in NE Ohio
Cleveland Plain Dealer - Cleveland, OH, USA
This year, as thousands of Montessori schools across the country commemorate the movement's 100th anniversary, Northeast Ohio is showing proof of its ...
<http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1175167843204920.xml&coll=2>

23 March 2007

Tried and true Montessori methods celebrate 100 years
Hudson Star Observer - Hudson, WI, USA
On March 29, Heartland Montessori School will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Dr. Maria Montessori’s innovative work observing children’s developmental ...
<http://www.hudsonstarobserver.com/articles/index.cfm?id=23015&section=homepage>

18 March 2007

Montessori turns 100
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne, IN, USA
The peaceful scene in the first-, second- and third-grade classroom at Towles Intermediate School is typical of Montessori schools. ...
<http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/16930090.htm>

17 March 2007

Montessori schools celebrate century of innovative teaching
KUAM.com - Dededo, GU, USA
The Montessori School of Guam joins the Montessori Schools worldwide to celebrate 100 years of educating students. Director of the local school...
<http://www.kuam.com/news/21440.aspx>

14 March 2007

Montessori marks international centenary
Gisborne Herald - Gisborne, New Zealand
Gisborne joins in the celebrations this weekend as Montessori schools across the world mark 100 years of education. The Gisborne branch of Montessori will ...
<http://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/article.asp?aid=8696&iid=671&sud=27>

Taming Montessori
Education Week News - Bethesda, MD, USA
The classrooms at the Robert Goddard Montessori School are stocked with materials that could be found in any school that follows the same 100-year-old ...
<http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2007/03/14/27montessori.h26.html>

3 March 2007

Registration opens for education conference
Gulf Daily News - Manama, Bahrain
The two-day event, to be held from May 26 at Beit Al Quran, will also celebrate the legacy of Maria Montessori and the establishment of her theories 100 ...
<http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=171678&Sn=BNEW&IssueID=29349>

1 March 2007

Celebrating 100 years of Montessori
Rockford Register Star - Rockford, IL, USA
Although student-directed learning is at the core of the Montessori philosophy, wearing pajamas to school is not. Just because students there as young as 4 ...
<http://www.rrstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007103010076>

At Montessori school, hands-on exercises and peer teaching make ...
Jackson Sun - Jackson, TN, USA
This method of teaching is called Montessori, and Canaday as well as others like her are strong proponents of it. Canaday founded the Montessori Center of ...
<http://www.jacksonsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070301/NEWS01/703010305/1002>

Montessori concept celebrates 100th anniversary
LaCrosse Tribune - LaCrosse, WI, USA
In Kylie Droessler’s classroom at Coulee Montessori, 4- and 5-year-olds are scattered about the room, sitting on white floormats. ...
<http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2007/03/01/news/02montessori.txt>

27 February 2007

Montessori educational method to be displayed
Anderson Independent Mail (subscription) - Anderson, SC, USA
The classroom is to provide a demonstration of the instructional method developed by Italian physician Maria Montessori. The event is part of the Montessori ...
<http://www.independentmail.com/news/2007/feb/26/montessori-educational-method-be-displayed/>

27 February 2007

Dress Rehearsal for UN Trip: Montessori Students Present International Issues
St Thomas Source - St Thomas, Virgin Isalnds
Twelve junior diplomats tested their persuasive skills Monday afternoon before a largely admiring audience
<http://www.onepaper.com/stthomasvi/?p=1153549083#continue>

24 February 2007

Students celebrate Montessori anniversary
Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati, OH, USA
Villa Madonna Montessori's 60 students sent thoughts of peace to six different countries Wednesday during a ceremony to commemorate Montessori education's ...
<http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070224/NEWS0102/702240405/1058/NEWS01>

Montessori method has wide impact in field of education
Anderson Independent Mail (subscription) - Anderson, SC, USA
When you see those pint-sized chairs in classes for small children, you canthank Maria Montessori. She’s credited with developing the idea. ...
<http://www.independentmail.com/news/2007/feb/23/montessori-method-has-wide-impact-field-education/>

22 February 2007

Students celebrate centennial of first Montessori school
Rock Hill Herald - Rock Hill, SC, USA
Robbie Collins, 3, works with a calendar Wednesday at the Freedom Montessori school for preschoolers in Rock Hill. Tots ages 2 to 5 were practicing geometry ...
<http://www.heraldonline.com/109/story/13262.html>

21 February 2007

Montessori schools plan open house
Canton Repository (subscription) - Canton, OH, USA
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Maria Montessori’s teaching philosophy, area Montessori schools will be hosting open houses for the community. ...
<http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=337463&Category=9>

MONTESSORI WAY
Berkshire Eagle - Pittsfield, MA, USA
The term had not been coined yet, but Maria Montessori was thinking
"outside of the box" a century ago when she founded the school that bears
her name. ...
<http://www.berkshireeagle.com/ci_5272709>

20 February 2007

V.I. Montessori School students to attend United Nations program
The Virgin Islands Daily News - St. Thomas, Virgin Islands
ST. THOMAS - V.I. Montessori School is gearing up to send 12 students to a special United Nations program next month in New York City...
<http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/index.pl/article?id=17604337>

Should 'traditions' continue into the next century?
Columbo Daily News - Columbo,Sri Lanka
EDUCATION: Dr. Maria Montessori, the creator of what is called "The Montessori Method of Education," based a new dimension to children's education on her ...
<http://www.dailynews.lk/2007/02/20/fea02.asp>

18 February 2007

Sergey Brin speaks at Montessori Centenary Event in San Francisco
Zormasa's blog - By Zormasa (Zormasa), USA
Drove up to San Francisco on Friday for the Montessori Centenary celebration. It's a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the first Montessori school. For some there are classes to attend but for others, like me, there are only ...
<http://zormasa.vox.com/library/post/sergey-brin.html>

Teach more children the Montessori way
Baltimore Sun - Baltimore, MD, USA
This year is being celebrated worldwide as the Montessori centenary, marking 100 years since the opening of the first Casa dei Bambini (Children's House) in ...
<http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.
montessori18feb18,0,2539045.story?coll=bal-oped-headlines
>

17 February 2007

Montessori School in Corte Madera hosts 300 for tour of facilities
Marin Independent-Journal - San Rafael, CA, USA
Three hundred Montessori educators from around the world gathered Friday afternoon at Corte Madera's Marin Montessori School, recently named a "model ...
<http://www.marinij.com/marin/ci_5244504>

16 February 2007

SCHOOL NOTES
Montclarion - Montclair, CA, USA
The Renaissance School is celebrating its 15th anniversary and honoring 100 years of Montessori education at 11 am today. ...
<http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/
local/states/california/alameda_county/montclair/16713117.htm
>

Plans made to celebrate 100 years of Montessori
River Falls Journal (subscription) - River Falls, WI, USA
It was just over a century ago in January 1907 that Dr. Maria Montessori opened her first children’s house, “Casa dei Bambini,” in the slums of Rome. ...
<http://www.riverfallsjournal.com/articles/index.cfm?id=81565&section=Education>

15 February 2007

Century of Montessori
Manawatu Standard - Manawatu, New Zealand
Montessori pre-schools, primary schools and secondary schools throughout the world are celebrating 100 years since the opening of the first Casa dei Bambini ...
<http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/eveningstandard/3962975a20379.html>

14 February 2007

Montessori Education Marks 100 Years with Centenary Celebration in ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
Using insights derived from countless hours of observation and study of children using the science of her day, Dr. Montessori called the world’s attention ...
<http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?
ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070214006191&newsLang=en
>

13 February 2007

National Open Day As Montessori Celebrates
Scoop.co.nz (press release) - New Zealand
Hundreds of Montessori children and past pupils will gather at their local Montessori centre or school on Saturday, February 17, to celebrate 100 years of ...
<http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0702/S00042.htm>

9 February 2007

Montessori celebrates 100th anniversary
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester, NY, USA
(February 9, 2007) — GREECE — The Greece Montessori School, 300 Chesterton Road, will participate in an area-wide open house of Montessori schools on Monday ...
<http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070209/NEWS05/702070370/1002/NEWS>

8 February 2007

Aamir Khan, Zayed and Suniel Shetty come together
IndiaFM - Bombay, India
Aamir Khan, Zayed Khan and Suniel Shetty came together for the first time to participate in the commemorative walk with Montessori school children....
<http://www.indiafm.com/news/2007/02/08/8847/>

6 February 2007

Montessori turning 100
Tulsa World - Tulsa, OK, USA
"Nobody asked him to do it," said Lori Karmazin, Patrick's teacher, or guide, as she and other Montessori educators are called. ...
<http://www.tulsaworld.com/NewsStory.asp?ID=070206_Ne_A13_Monte3847>

Education: Keeping Montessori in Kitsap's Public Schools
Kitsap Sun (Subscription) - Bremerton, WA, USA
The concepts seem New Age, but Marie Montessori's methods of teaching have been in practice for 100 years. They can be observed, for now, ...
<http://www.kitsapsun.com/bsun/local/article/0,2403,BSUN_19088_5328188,00.html>

4 February 2007

Montessori School holds two-day expo
Hindu - Chennai, India
CHENNAI: Patasala Montessori School hosted a two-day exhibition on Friday and Saturday called `Yesterday's Discovery, Today's Science' to celebrate the ...
<http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/04/stories/2007020415370200.htm>

2 February 2007

100 years of Montessori
Monroenews.com - Monroe, MI, USA
27 at Ellis Reference & Information Center to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the first Montessori school. The event was intended to ...
<http://www.monroenews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070203/NEWS01/102030034>

Staunton school celebrates two anniversaries in 2007
Staunton News Leader - Staunton, VA, USA
STAUNTON — Walk into a class at the Staunton Montessori School and you'll
find, as one teacher described it, the picture of ordered chaos. ...
<http://www.newsleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070202/NEWS01/702020324/1002>

1 February 2007

Montessori School of Westfield celebrates Peace
Noblesville Ledger - Noblesville, IN, USA
Students from the Montessori School of Westfield celebrated their fourth Peace Pole Ceremony Jan. 8, along with the 100th anniversay of the first Montessori ...
<http://www.thenoblesvilleledger.com/articles/9/084212-2859-093.html>

30 January 2007

Learning the Montessori way still fun 100 years later
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Seattle, WA, USA
As teacher Jan Kamischke looks on, 5-year-old Ella McFarlane draws a kanji symbol at Pacific Crest School, a 21-year-old Montessori school on the fringe of ...
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/301691_montessori30.html>

28 January 2007

Celebrating Montessori method
Charlotte Observer - Charlotte, NC, USA
The idea behind Montessori education, created a century ago by Italy's Maria Montessori, is that children learn best when self-motivated and they do much of ...
<http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/states/
north_carolina/counties/mecklenburg/16564332.htm
>

Education world remembers revolutionary Montessori
Manila Bulletin - Manila, Philippines
At Nerina Noe’s, like in thousands of other Montessori schools around the world, children are free to choose what kind of activity they want to engage in ...
<http://www.mb.com.ph/YTCP2007012985736.html>

27 January 2007

Still Teaching 100 Years Later—Montessori Schools
13WHAM-TV - Rochester, NY, USA
Some say young workers of today aren't thinking for themselves, but Lisa VanVechten believes Montessori's method of teaching changes that. ...
<http://www.13wham.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=61edea63-e874-4947-9d24-ed519a780ae0>

A time for celebration: Montessori marks 100 years
Central Kitsap Reporter - Kitsap, WA, USA
Students, teachers and alumni of Montessori schools are coming together today to celebrate the program’s 100 year anniversary, with 15 of those years in the ...
<http://www.centralkitsapreporter.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=93&cat=23&id=820447&more=>

26 January 2007

Teaching mavericks celebrate centenary
Hampstead and Highgate Express - London, England, UK
THE pioneering Montessori teaching technique celebrates its 100th birthday this year and practitioners from Hampstead have been celebrating in Rome....
<http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/content/camden/hamhigh/news/story.aspx
?brand=NorthLondon24&category=Newshamhigh&tBrand=northlondon24
&tCategory=newshamhigh&itemid=WeED26%20Jan%202007%2015%3A34%3A55%3A770
>

Two-day Montessori centenary fete
Hindu - Chennai, India
HYDERABAD: The Montessori Training and Research Centre in association with Lady Hydari Club, Association Montessori Internationale and city unit is ...
<http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/26/stories/2007012621580500.htm>

24 January 2007

Montessori school is exactly 100 years old
Expatica - Netherlands
AMSTERDAM – This year, it was one century ago that the Italian Maria Montessori opened her first Casa Dei Bambini. The Dutch Montessori Association (NMV) is ...
<http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=19&story_id=35783>

Montessori looks back — and ahead
USA Today - USA
When Italian physician Maria Montessori opened a school in a Rome slum 100 years ago this month, she drew jeers and suspicion for her unique approach of ...
<http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2007-01-24-montessori_x.htm>

The Montessori method of teaching
Connellsville Daily Courier - Connellsville, PA, USA
It's been 100 years since Dr. Maria Montessori began teaching children in San Lorenzo, Rome, in a new kind of way, allowing the children to make their own ...
<http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/dailycourier/news/s_490053.html>

21 January 2007

Educator celebrates teaching pioneer
Belleville News-Democrat - Belleville, IL, USA
When the Centenary of the Montessori Movement opened in Rome, Italy, earlier this month, a metro-east woman was one of the featured speakers....
<http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/news/columnists/16512070.htm>

20 January 2007

Maria Montessori in India
Hindu - Chennai, India
I was thrilled to read the article "The Montessori phenomenon" (Janaury 7, 2007) mainly because of the photo of Dr. Maria Montessori and her son Mario at ...
<http://www.hindu.com/mag/2007/01/21/stories/2007012100200600.htm>

19 January 2007

100 Years of Montessori Education
BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour - London, UK
This month marks the 100th anniversary of the opening of the first Montessori school.
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/03/2007_03_fri.shtml>

Previous Radio Interview on BBC
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/2002_18_mon_05.shtml>

Teachers celebrate Montessori's 100th anniversary
Eagle Tribune - North Andover, MA, USA
ANDOVER - Earlier this month, 1400 educators gathered in Rome to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first Montessori school....
<http://www.eagletribune.com/punews/local_story_019120335>

18 January 2007

Montessori method a century old
Arizona Republic - Phoenix, AZ, USA
Maria Montessori, Italy's first female physician, launched her educational method 100 years ago this month, inspiring a movement that has fostered ...
<http://www.azcentral.com/community/gilbert/articles/0117gr-montessori0117Z12.html>

Celebrating 100 years of Montessori
St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg, FL, USA
Wider Horizons School celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Montessori movement with an open house for the community from 9 to 10 am Feb. 26, 27 and 28....
<http://www.sptimes.com/2007/01/18/Hernando/Celebrating_100_years.shtml>

Montessori's milestone shows value of creativity
Concord Monitor - Concord, NH, USA
Commend this newspaper for printing "Montessori hits 100 years" on Jan. 6. Especially at this time of education reform, it is important to get a clear...
<http://www.cmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070117/
REPOSITORY/701170306/1028/OPINION02
>

School hits all the headlines
Dunmow Broadcast - Stevenage, Herts, UK
The school, which has 90 pupils, first started using the Montessori method for its reception class in September and has been very impressed by the....
<http://www.dunmow-broadcast.co.uk/content/dunmow/news/story.aspx?brand=SAFOnline
&category=NewsDunmow&tBrand=cambs24&tCategory=NewsDUN
&itemid=WEED17%20Jan%202007%2016%3A14%3A02%3A953
>

Montessori Turns 100, What Is It Again?
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Seattle, WA, USA
You have heard of it, you've seen it, and maybe your kids are even enrolled in it, but what do you really know about Montessori? ...
<http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/family/archives/110540.asp>

16 January 2007

Celebrating 100 years of Montessori
Waterford Today - Waterford, Ireland
2007 is a very special year for the Montessori world as we are celebrating the centenary of the first Montessori school (Casa dei Bambini - House of ...
<http://www.waterford-today.ie/index.php?id=20199&what=1&issue=335>

12 January 2007

Montessori marks 100 years
Dundas Star - Dundas, Ontario, Canada
Colin Macdonald Community School celebrated 100 years of Montessori education with an open house at the Sanders Boulevard school on Monday. ...
<http://www.dundasstarnews.com/dsn/news/news_698268.html>

Montessori celebrates 100th anniversary of founding
Arizona Republic - Phoenix, AZ, USA
Dr. Maria Montessori, Italy's first female physician, launched her educational method 100 years ago this month, inspiring a movement that's fostered ...
<http://www.azcentral.com/community/gilbert/articles/0111gr-montessori11-on.html>

Good Education in the District
Washington Post - Washington, DC, USA
Montessori programs offer children a wonderful education. My two children are thriving in a Montessori program in the District public schools. ...
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/11/AR2007011101712.html>

8 January 2007

Another primary school gives children choice to aid results
Yorkshire Post Today - UK
Teachers at the 90-pupil Stebbing Primary School, near Great Dunmow in Essex, removed brightly coloured wall displays and brought in natural wood furniture ...
<http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=55&ArticleID=1960743>

7 January 2007

Montessori brings calm to second state primary
Times Online - UK
The Montessori teaching method, in which children learn at their own pace and testing is banned, has been adopted by a second state primary school in...
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2536505,00.html>

School celebrates dramatic change in teaching method
This is London - UK
The Stebbing Primary project emerged as the Montessori movement celebrated its 100th anniversary. On January 6, 1907, Maria Montessori opened the first Casa ...
<http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23380751-details
/School+celebrates+dramatic+change+in+teaching+method/article.do
>

A milestone for Montessori evokes a mother's appreciation
Boston Globe - Boston, MA, USA
Montessori educators from all over the world are in Rome today, celebrating the 100th anniversary of a revolutionary act in children's education: the...
<http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/01/07
/a_milestone_for_montessori_evokes_a_mothers_appreciation
>

Montessori students celebrate anniversary
Daily Democrat - Woodland, CA, USA
Children from Bergamo Montessori Schools in Sacramento and Woodland are busy planning the celebration of one of the most important occasions in the history ...
<http://www.dailydemocrat.com/news/ci_4948970>

Montessori schools mark 100 years of alternative learning
Juneau Empire (subscription) - Juneau, AK, USA
On Saturday, communities all over the world celebrated the centennial of "Children's House," the first Montessori school in a suburb called San Lorenzo. ...
<http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/010707/loc_20070107005.shtml>

School trials 'dramatic' change in teaching methods
24dash.com - Hereford, Herefordshire, UK
A second state primary school is adopting the Montessori teaching method in which children are encouraged to choose what they learn - with dramatic results ...
<http://www.24dash.com/education/14995.htm>

6 January 2007

Montessori’s century-old methods still popular today
South China Morning Post
A new school following the child-based teaching approach will open its doors in Hong Kong next week on the anniversary of its Italian founder, writes Liz Gooch
<http://casadeibambini.com.hk/images/south.pdf>

Schools mark a century of pupil independence S.F. to host celebration-conference for Montessori method begun in Roman slum
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco, CA, USA
Most striking about the classrooms at Marin Montessori School is what isn't there -- no blackboard, no teacher lecturing, and, at day's end, no homework. "Unless you really need it," said Charlotte Crouchley, 9. "If you're slacking." That's not all there...
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The Montessori phenomenon
Hindu - Chennai, India
As Medical Officer of Hygiene, Dr. Maria Montessori had been asked to undertake the organisation of infant schools in the model tenements of a building ...
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Giving kids the freedom to learn
The Hamilton Spectator - Ontario, Canada
Montessori method is 100 years young
Tony Evans, director of the Montessori school in Dundas, was first introduced to the philosophy as a pupil in the 1960s.
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Montessori schools teach children at their own pace
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - St. Louis, MO, USA
St. Charles — A small black-and-white photograph of the Italian educator Maria Montessori hangs on the wall in Miriam Gutting's office like a totem....
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Montessori schools to celebrate centennial
Juneau Empire (subscription) - Juneau, AK, USA
Juneau parents, teachers and students are joining colleagues around the world Saturday to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Montessori education....
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An enduring education legacy
Royal Gazette - Hamilton, Bermuda
When Maria Montessori began teaching badly-needed life skills to a group of
disadvantaged children in early 20th Century Rome, she could never have
foreseen ...
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5 January 2007

Seabrook school celebrates 100 years of Montessori
Business Gazette - Gaithersburg, MD, USA
Robert Goddard French Immersion and Montessori School in Seabrook commemorated the 100th anniversary of the Montessori program and the 20th anniversary of ...
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Education: Fioroni, We Thank Maria Montessori
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia - Italy
"Italian education has a great debt to Maria Montessori, an exemplary figure in education which has passed through time and who had the courage to create an ...
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Montessori-Pädagogik: "Hilf mir, es selbst zu tun"
Die Zeit - Germnay
In den ersten Januartagen werden rund 1500 Erzieher und Montessori-Fans aus aller Welt nach Rom kommen, um Bilanz ihrer 100- jährigen Methode zu ziehen.
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Montessori Centenary Year Begins January 6, 2007
Scoop.co.nz (press release) - New Zealand
The centenary year for Montessori education begins on January 6. This was the date in 1907 that Dr Maria Montessori opened the first Montessori casa dei ...
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Island briefs
Bermuda Sun - Bermuda
Children from Bermuda's three Montessori Schools are busy planning celebratory events for one of the most important occasions in the history of their school ...
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3 January 2007

Merits of Montessori schooling praised
Cape Times (subscription) - Cape Town, South Africa
ROME: A colourful sign reading "Help me to do it alone" greets children as young as 18 months at Rome's Nerina Noe Montessori International School....
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Montessori, Now 100, Goes Mainstream
The Casper Star Tribune - Casper, WY, USA
Maria Montessori agreed. Her Children's House offered a few dozen young students freedom. They could sort blocks, measure with beads, play with wooden ...
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A century of letting kids learn their own way
Yakima Herald-Republic - WA, USA
Gavin Kessler, 5, and Owen DeVaney, 6, work together on a counting game at the Montessori School of Yakima. The Yakima school is marking its 40th anniversary. Stepping into a classroom at the Montessori School of Yakima is like walking into a world run by children.
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2 January 2007

Montessori, Now 100, Goes Mainstream
Washington Post - USA
... Bambini. Maria Montessori agreed. ... education. More than 5,000 Montessori schools are spread across the United States, at least 8,000 worldwide. ...
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Education World Remembers Revolutionary Montessori
Playfuls.com - Targu Mures, Romania
by News Staff. A colourful sign reading "Help me to do it alone" greets children as young as 18 months at Rome's Nerina Noe Montessori International School. ...
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30 December 2006

Local Montessori school to celebrate 100 years of popular ...
Ridgecrest Daily Independent - Ridgecrest, CA, USA
The children at Heritage Montessori School are joining in the worldwide celebration of 100 years of Montessori education. January 6, 2007 marks the ...
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26 December 2006

Local Montessori leaders gear up for centenary
SalemNews.com - MA, USA
BEVERLY - As the city gears up for its New Year's festivities, local Montessori leaders are looking forward to another jubilee - the centenary celebration of ...
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19 December 2006

Montessori Education Celebrates Centenary
This Day (subscription) - Apapa, Lagos, Nigeria
Montessori International, Opera Nazionale Montessori, eminent Professors, academics and distinguished speakers who would among other things, draw attention of ...
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