Abstract/Notes: Addressing the many complex issues associated with culture, race, and diversity is tough under any circumstances. But such issues become even more complex in school settings where large numbers of students speak different languages and reflect diverse ethnicities and socioeconomic statuses. In this article, the author describes how the faculty members and the administrators at Fort Wayne Community Schools (FWCS) in Indiana found a balance between quality education and student diversity. FWCS offers a district-wide school choice program that features a number of different educational offerings. Interestingly, as the district's student population (nearly 32,000) has become increasingly diverse--it now has about 80 languages/dialects represented by students--its Montessori magnet program has grown more successful. The author also relates that FWCS' Montessori magnet program is superbly suited to prepare students to flourish in culturally and racially diverse environments. As such, it is highly in demand among parents.

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Abstract/Notes: The educational philosophies of Maria Montessori and Jiddu Krishnamurti are compared and contrasted in this paper. The discussion is based on texts by both educators and direct observation of some of the schools (United States, Australia and India) where these ideas are being implemented. First, general principles of each educator are discussed. Both are said to have condemned traditional approaches to education and to have objected to the record of state involvement in education. The next three sections describe their ideas regarding: (1) how children learn and the role children should take in their own education; (2) the attributes, characteristics, and training of teachers, and the teacher-child relationship; and (3) the proper education environment, with focus on discipline, competition, evaluation, and the use of methods. In conclusion, it is said that Montessori's and Krishnamurti's philosophies have more similarities than differences. Children love being at both kinds of school. Their schools have successfully deinstitutionalized the learning process and made the teacher-pupil relationship a caring and loving one. The major difference between the two types of education is the approach to method: Krishnamurti scorns adopting a particular method while Montessori tried to design a method that was based on her observation of the "natural" child.

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Published: Bundoora, Victoria, Australia: Centre for Comparative and International Studies in Education, 1983

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Abstract/Notes: (AMS-Accredited School) XAVIER UNIVERSITY MONTESSORI TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM CINCINNATI, OH Candidates for an Early Childhood credential at Xavier University Montessori Teacher Education Program can now earn a double major and dual-state license in Early Childhood and Special Education in a 4-year undergraduate program. Says Barb Scholtz, an instructor at CMStep, "I am proud to say that Krista is a gem and that if ONE award has to be given (which I think is crazy), I'm glad it was she who got it!" (AMS Full-Member School) MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF DENVER DENVER, CO MSD Middle School students spent a week focused on Breakthrough: How One Teen Innovator Is Changing the World, by Jack Andraka, who, at age 15, developed an early detection test for pancreatic cancer (and who was a keynoter at the AMS 2015 Annual Conference). Additionally, combining inspiration from Jack's work with cancer patients and the MSD mission to do good in the world, students decorated lunch bags and birthday cards for Project Angel Heart, a local organization that delivers nutritious food to people living with life-threatening illness.

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