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- Title
MONTESSORI EDUCATION IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI FROM 1988–2005: Race, the Dottoressa and the Pink Tower.
- Authors
Murray, Angela K.; Davis, Donna M.; Ellerbeck, Samantha A.
- Abstract
Today, it is estimated that over 500 public Montessori programs exist in the US, which makes Montessori the "dominant alternative pedagogy in the public sector… [with, for example,] double the number of public Montessori schools than KIPP (Knowledge is Power Program) charter schools" (Debs 2019, 10). Vincent developed multiple communication pieces to educate parents and the community about Montessori education and the new Montessori school (Faxon Montessori Magnet School 1988(a); Faxon Montessori Magnet School 1988(b); Faxon Montessori Magnet School 1988(c)). "As I often said once we got the schools going, there are no better Montessori schools, public or private, anywhere in Kansas City and probably no better Montessori schools in the U.S." - Frank Vincent, Principal, Faxon Montessori School Montessori schooling in Kansas City, Missouri emerged during a time of considerable conflict and legal turmoil within the public educational system. Kansas City's leadership in public Montessori education was evident from the fact that Faxon moved into the first public school in the country built specifically as a Montessori school in 1991 (Public School Montessorian 1991).
- Subjects
KANSAS City (Mo.); MONTESSORI method of education; CLASSROOMS; TEACHERS; PARENTING education; TEACHER development; TASK forces; MIDDLE class families
- Publication
American Educational History Journal, 2021, Vol 48, p43
- ISSN
1535-0584
- Publication type
Article