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Article
Public School Montessorian is now Montessori Public
Available from: MontessoriPublic
Publication: Montessori Public, vol. 1, no. 1
Date: Winter 2016
Pages: 3
Public Montessori, Public Montessori - Periodicals
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Language: English
Master's Thesis
The Future of Public Education: A Free Appropriate Public Education for All Students
Available from: MINDS@UW River Falls
Educational change, Public schools
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Abstract/Notes: This paper examines the challenges facing the public school system as it attempts to live up to the promise to provide a “free appropriate public education” to all of its students. The funding mechanism for public schools, with its reliance on community funding, lends itself to inequities. The lack of an effective response to the rising challenge of mental health issues, the unwillingness to respond to the changing skill demands of the workforce by revising curriculum and the ineffectiveness of efforts to close the achievement gap have all led the public to question whether or not they are receiving an “appropriate” education. The response increasingly has been to look for a better educational alternative elsewhere, in charter schools. The effect of charter schools overall has been to weaken public schools’ abilities to provide a quality education for each and every student. An analysis of each of these challenges and possible responses will provide a possible road map for traditional public education to do a better job of living up to its mandate, to “promote the general welfare”.
Language: English
Published: River Falls, Wisconsin, 2020
Article
The Public Montessori Schools at Metropolis: A Hypothetical Case Study
Publication: MPSC Update [Montessori Public School Consortium (Cleveland, OH)], vol. 5, no. 1
Date: Fall 1996
Pages: 1-2, 11-12
Americas, Montessori schools, North America, Public Montessori, United States of America
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Language: English
Doctoral Dissertation (Ph.D.)
Diverse Parents, Desirable Schools: Public Montessori, Fit and Conflict in the Era of School Choice
Available from: ProQuest - Dissertations and Theses
African American community, African Americans, Americas, Early childhood care and education, Early childhood education, Montessori method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc., Montessori schools, North America, Public Montessori, School choice, United States of America
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Abstract/Notes: One of the fundamental social problems in America is how to create racially diverse schools. While policy makers are slow to fix underlying housing segregation or return to busing, creating racial diversity through school choice is widely popular across the political spectrum. How can school choice create more racial and socioeconomic diversity, instead of increasing segregation?
Language: English
Published: New Haven, Connecticut, 2016
Doctoral Dissertation
A Study of Pre-School Education in the Republic of Ireland with Particular Reference to Those Pre-Schools Which are Listed by the Irish Pre-School Playgroups Association in Cork City and County
Available from: British Library - EthOS
Comparative education, Early childhood care and education, Early childhood education, Europe, Ireland, Montessori method of education, Northern Europe, Preschool education
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Abstract/Notes: This study was undertaken in order to investigate the activities which took place in Irish pre-schools other than those within the formal school system. The principle focus of the research concerned the degree to which the pre-school children were being 'cognitively stretched' by the curriculum in which they were engaged. The social, linguistic, physical and creative development of these children was also considered.An historical review of the theory of play and recent research in this area was undertaken.Twenty-three pre-schools were taken at random from the membership list in Cork city and county of the Irish Pre- School Playgroups Association. One pre-school which was not a member was added. Prior to embarking upon the study, a history of the I.P.P.A. was given.The ethnographic research strategy was found to be the most suitable method of assessing empirically the nature and frequency of play in the pre-school. This study, which took place between 1986 and 1990, was therefore eclectic in nature, employing a multi-faceted approach encompassing a target child observational schedule, interviews, a study of classrooms, a questionnaire and an interaction analysis system.Briefly, the results showed that the 157 children engaged in this study were being cognitively stretched for approximately one quarter of the time if they were in a playgroup and approximately one half of the time if they were in a Montessori setting. Social and linguistic behaviour was limited by the actions of the pre-school leaders and physically or creatively challenging behaviour was rarely observed. The fact that the children played alone for half of the total time spent in the pre-school was most striking.The most important finding to emerge from the study of language in the twenty-four pre-schools was the fact that the children rarely communicated verbally. Dialogue was almost non-existent and children's questions were very sparse. In order to place the above in a National context, a questionnaire was sent in 1990 to a random sample of one hundred I.P.P.A. members in the 26 counties of the Republic of Ireland. Unfortunately, only 39 responded. However, of note was that approximately 25% of playgroup leaders had degrees and four-fifths of them were mothers in their mid-thirties. They strongly disagreed with the teaching of the 3Rs and felt that much more government money should be devoted to playgroups and in-service training for their personnel.
Language: English
Published: Hull, England, 1993
Article
Baseline Data: Two National Surveys of Public Montessori Schools
Available from: ERIC
Publication: MPSC Update [Montessori Public School Consortium (Cleveland, OH)], vol. 1, no. 1
Date: Winter 1993
Pages: 10
Americas, Montessori schools, North America, Public Montessori, United States of America
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Language: English
Article
It's a New Day for Public Montessori Schools
Available from: MontessoriPublic
Publication: Montessori Public, vol. 1, no. 2
Date: Spring 2017
Pages: 7
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Abstract/Notes: Public Montessori has a message for the school choice movement. How can it be heard?
Language: English
Article
Public Montessori Schools
Publication: CCMA Net [Canadian Council of Montessori Administrators], vol. 4, no. 3
Date: Summer 2000
Pages: 3
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Language: English
Book
Diverse Families, Desirable Schools: Public Montessori in the Era of School Choice
African American community, African Americans, Americas, Early childhood care and education, Early childhood education, Montessori method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc., Montessori schools, North America, Public Montessori, School choice, United States of America
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Abstract/Notes: In Diverse Parents, Desirable Schools, Mira Debs offers a detailed study of public Montessori schools, which make up the largest group of progressive schools in the public sector.
Language: English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard Education Press, 2019
ISBN: 978-1-68253-307-9 978-1-68253-308-6
Master's Thesis (M.S. Ed.)
Identifying Challenges to the Future of Public Montessori Elementary Schools
Available from: American Montessori Society
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Abstract/Notes: Based on an online survey with 85 principals and other leaders in public Montessori elementary schools, this study provides an update on the characteristics of Montessori education in public elementary schools as they begin facing the new challenges of No Child Left Behind (NCLB). Despite the lack of emphasis on traditional testing practices in Montessori education, the study finds that many schools have participated in standardized testing programs for many years and that support for testing practices does not differ between those with and those without Montessori certification. Even though they struggle with budget cuts, stricter state and federal requirements and teacher shortages, public Montessori elementary schools strive to maintain a unique educational environment through certified teachers, ongoing professional support for teachers and well-equipped classrooms.
Language: English
Published: Lawrence, Kansas, 2005