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Books About Montessori Education

• Montessori Today, A Comprehensive Approach to Education from Birth to Adulthood, Paula Polk Lillard
• Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius,  Angelene Stoll Lillard
  
• Montessori Madness!, Trevor Eissler
• A Parent’s Guide to the Montessori Classroom, Aline D. Wolf
• To Educate the Human Potential, Maria Montessori
• The Absorbent Mind, Maria Montessori
  

Books About Parenting and Education

• Montessori Today, A Comprehensive Approach to Education from Birth to Adulthood, Paula Polk Lillard
• Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius, Angeline Stoll Lillard
  
• Montessori Madness!, Trevor Eissler
• A Parent’s Guide to the Montessori Classroom, Aline D. Wolf
• To Educate the Human Potential, Maria Montessori
• The Absorbent Mind, Maria Montessori
  

• Montessori From the Start, Paula Polk Lillard and Lynn Lillard Jessen
• Living Simply with Children, Marie Sherlock
• Endangered Minds, Jane Healy
• Punished by Rewards, Alfie Kohn
• Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman
• Siblings Without Rivalry, Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
• Between Parent and Child, Dr. Haim G. Ginott, Alice Ginott, and H.Goddard
  

Trevor Eissler, Montessori parent

Trevor Eissler, Montessori parent, offers a parent-to-parent argument for Montessori education.

Sergey Brin and Larry Page: The genesis of Google

The TED Conference hears from Google’s co-founders about how Montessori helped create their mammoth success.

Do Schools Kill Creativity?

Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.

RSA ANIMATE: Changing Education Paradigms

An animated version of Ken Robinson's follow-on talk about Changing Education Paradigms.

HOW DO INNOVATORS THINK?

A recent article in Harvard Business Review discusses innovative entrepreneurs vs. average executives.
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HOW TO BRING OUR SCHOOLS OUT OF THE 20TH CENTURY

A Time Magazine report. 
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THE MONTESSORI MAFIA

From the Wall Street Journal.
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EVALUATING MONTESSORI EDUCATION

Groundbreaking study by Angeline Lillard, published in Science Magazine.
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TEN REASONS PEOPLE STILL NEED CURSIVE

While some argue cursive writing belongs in the archives and Common Core ushers it out of schools, the evidence shows we need it as much as ever. 
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Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) 

Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) is the original organization to promote the ideas and principles of Dr. Maria Montessori, both training teachers and accrediting schools. Association Montessori Internationale / USA is AMI's branch office in the United States.
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American Montessori Society (AMS)

The American Montessori Society (AMS) leads, empowers, and serves the global community of Montessori educators as the foremost advocate for research and policy, ongoing teacher education, and standards of accreditation through opportunities for mentored individual growth, collaboration, and member engagement.

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American Montessori Society (AMS)

Aid to Life offers clear, simple, straightforward parenting advice that is easy to understand and most importantly easy to apply.
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