Montessori Approach in Public Schools

In June 2020, amidst the COVID-19 crisis, Just Schools Fund, a non-profit organization supporting educational justice, held a seminar with all of the leading organizations in the field of education equity (Global education justice... 2020). The guest speakers agreed that traditional forms of education do not work for all students and that it was beneficial to focus on schools trying innovative approaches. The world needs schools that are progressive, inclusive, and fully supported by the community. These ideas echo an education revolutionary from a much earlier time, Dr. Maria Montessori. Dr. Montessori led an educational movement that pushed for children’s development to be honored and nurtured. Now, Montessori Education is an inquiry-based, student-centered, and whole child-based philosophy with benefits that can and should be applied to public school classrooms in an accessible and inclusive manner