On December 3rd, Kitty Bravo and Maha Turner will accept the Dennis Shapiro Award for Innovation in Montessori Teacher Education. The Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education (MACTE) grants this award annually to a Montessori teacher educator who has been truly inspiring and innovative and brought about significant change. The ...
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Notable Montessorians
Dennis Schapiro Award for Innovation recipients announced
Kitty Bravo for 2020 and Maha Turner for 2021 were recognized by MACTE ahead of the December 3 celebration. ...
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Podcast: ‘If not me, who? If not now, when?’
Peter Piché, M.Ed, ACC and Jana Morgan Herman discuss 'Montessori's growth edge--where she started and how she grew and how she was transformed by her time in India,' among other topics ...
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Forest Bluff School honors birthday of founder
"Today we celebrate the 90th birthday of Forest Bluff School founder, author, teacher, community leader, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother - and so much more - Paula Polk Lillard. Without her incredible vision and capacity for work, the Montessori world would be a different place. Compassionate, wise, charismatic, loving - we are so grateful ...
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How Libertas School of Memphis turned elementary school in Frayser around
"A lot of people doubted that school turnaround could work." Maitri Learning's president, Julia Volkman, was the founding primary trainer for the school. Maitri Learning's materials are widely used. Some of the materials you will notice throughout the news spot are the traditional movable alphabet in print, the phonetic 3-part reading cards, and ...
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