| In 1907, Maria Montessori founded the
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| | teaching methods to aspiring educators.
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| first Montessori school in Rome. Its
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| | In the late 1960s, some parents started
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| overall purpose was to give four to seven
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| | to call for the public schools in their
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| year old children from low-income
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| | local areas to offer the Montessori
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| families a full-day educational program.
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| | education model for their elementary
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| The idea quickly developed and grew in
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| | school children who had graduated from
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| popularity and thus more Montessori
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| | private Montessori pre-schools.
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| schools were formed in Europe and India.
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| | The public's rush of support was given a
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| It did not take long for the school
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| | boost by government funds being made
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| method to cross over to the United States
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| | available for new Montessori programs
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| of America.
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| | starting up in public school areas.
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| In fact, Montessori's teaching methods
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| | Today, over one hundred U.S. school
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| created great interest in the United
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| | districts have some type of Montessori
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| States from 1910 through 1920.
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| | program.
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| Unfortunately, Montessori's methods seem
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| | But just why has Montessori become so
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| to be largely forgotten in the United
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| | popular ? Many believe it is due to the
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| States until the late 1950s.
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| | program's ability to overcome three major
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| It was around that time when a second
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| | problems that the public school systems
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| Montessori movement started in America.
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| | are still faced with. While the public
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| This time, the main focus was on a set of
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| | school system has been put into a state
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| private schools that served an almost
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| | of upheaval, the Montessori school
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| entirely middle-class population.
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| | systems have flourished.
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| The Montessori educational system
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| | Using their unique teaching methods,
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| struggled with it's own success when it
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| | Montessori students have demonstrated a
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| started having trouble finding enough
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| | consistently high level of reading
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| teachers. In fact, it took that teacher
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| | comprehension and academic performance.
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| shortage to start the creation of
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| | In the book "Montessori Parents Guide",
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| free-standing private Montessori teacher
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| | we dive deeper into how a Montessori
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| training centers. Each of these centers
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| | program is powerfully unique and sets
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| were not associated with any college or
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| | itself aside from current teaching
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| university and taught the Montessori
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| | methods.
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