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Doctoral Dissertation
Barriers Contributing to the Minimal Participation of African American Parents in Their Children's Schools: A Qualitative Case Study of African American Parent Involvement in an Urban K–8 Elementary School in Minnesota
Available from: ProQuest - Dissertations and Theses
African American community, African Americans, Americas, Early childhood care and education - Parent participation, Early childhood education - Parent participation, Montessori method of education, Montessori schools, North America, Parent participation, Parent-teacher relationships, United States of America
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Abstract/Notes: This research is a case study of African American parent involvement at a urban Montessori school in Minnesota. African American parents at this school have had limited involvement in conferences, PTSO meetings, school activities, and on the Site-Based Leadership Team. An examination of the literature was made to investigate the influences on African American parents when they make decisions about their parental involvement. This research covered the historical background, theoretical background, implications, racial barriers, and strategies that increased African American parent involvement. An ethnography was designed to gather data from 9 mothers of African American students. These parents provided information about their backgrounds and their experiences with the school. Staff at the school (6) were interviewed as to their experiences with African American parent involvement. The results of the study offer findings on attitudes, perceptions, needs and ideas for improving African American parent involvement at any school.
Language: English
Published: St. Paul, Minnesota, 2000
Book Section
Facing the Montessori Challenge as Americans
Book Title: Building the Foundations for Creative Learning
Pages: 72-77
American Montessori Society (AMS), New York
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Language: English
Published: New York: American Montessori Society, 1964
Article
Home Alone: With No Original Text as Guide, Americans Develop Their Own Approaches to Applying Montessori Principles in the Home
Available from: University of Connecticut Libraries - American Montessori Society Records
Publication: Public School Montessorian, vol. 7, no. 1
Date: Fall 1994
Pages: 1
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Abstract/Notes: Introduction to the issue
Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246
Article
Learn Montessori Method: Sixty-seven of the 87 Enrolled at Italian School Are Americans
Publication: New York Times (New York, New York)
Date: Mar 16, 1913
Pages: C5
Americas, Europe, Italy, Montessori method of education, North America, Southern Europe, Trainings, United States of America
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Abstract/Notes: ROME, March 15. -- The Montessori system of teaching is attracting so much attention in the United States that the American committee has enrolled forty-two new students to come to Rome for direct instruction under Dr. Maria Montessori herself, making altogether a class of eighty-seven, of whom sixty-seven are Americans.
Language: English
ISSN: 0362-4331
Article
Americans May Learn Montessori Method: Founder of System Establishes Training Class
Available from: HathiTrust
Publication: The Volta Review, vol. 14, no. 6
Date: Oct 1912
Pages: 375
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Language: English
ISSN: 0042-8639
Article
A Montessori School for Native Americans: At Tulalip, It's Not the First Time [Tulalip Tribes, Marysville, Washington]
Available from: University of Connecticut Libraries - American Montessori Society Records
Publication: Public School Montessorian, vol. 7, no. 4
Date: Summer 1995
Pages: 12
Americas, Indigenous communities, Indigenous peoples, Montessori method of education, Montessori schools, North America, Tulalip School (Washington), United States of America
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Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246
Article
Montessorians in the Classroom, Part 2: Teaching Children about Native Americans
Available from: University of Connecticut Libraries - American Montessori Society Records
Publication: The Constructive Triangle (1974-1989), vol. 12, no. 3
Date: Summer 1985
Pages: 16, 22–23
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Language: English
ISSN: 0010-700X
Article
Americans Talking
Publication: Montessori Education, vol. 8, no. 5
Date: 1998
Pages: 26–27
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Abstract/Notes: homeschooling, working mothers, disabilites, assessment, etc.
Language: English
ISSN: 1354-1498
Article
ACE [Americans for Choice in Education] Convenes Conference on Educational Choice [October, 1995]
Publication: Montessori Observer, vol. 16, no. 3
Date: Sep 1995
Pages: 3
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Language: English
ISSN: 0889-5643
Article
ACE [Americans for Choice in Education] Offers Alternative to Federal Recognition of Accreditation
Publication: Montessori Observer, vol. 15, no. 1
Date: Mar 1994
Pages: 1, 4
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Language: English
ISSN: 0889-5643