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Are you curious about Montessori education or have you been considering enrolling your child in one of Milwaukee Public Schools’ seven Montessori schools in Fall 2013? If so, consider touring one of the schools. A tour is a direct way to observe a Montessori classroom and to ask questions about the program or the school. [...]
At the bottom of every email from MacDowell Montessori teacher Chip Johnston is this phrase: “Progress comes from a combination of hard work and smart work.” That philosophy helps drive Johnston’s interest in
What does a Montessori education really look like? Prospective parents, prospective teachers, current Montessori families, the media and community members who want to learn more are invited to take a look as MPS – which operates the largest collection of public Montessori schools in the U.S. – hosts a Montessori Summit on Saturday, Oct. 6. [...]
Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) is proud to have one of the largest populations of public Montessori students in the United States. MPS along with the Wisconsin Montessori Association (WMA) and the Montessori.Milwaukee citywide organization invite those already mad about Montessori, the curious and even the skeptical to our Montessori Community Summit Saturday, October 6th 2012 MacDowell Montessori School [...]
You know by now that I support public Montessori, a method that has been responsible for some of the highest achieving schools in MPS. (Note: I say “a” method, not “the” method in response to some talkbacks on my commentary recently on the opening of the new Howard Avenue Montessori School. There are other methods, [...]
Parents who can afford to send their children to private school often choose a Montessori education. MPS is making Montessori education public; accessible to everyone. MPS has been offering Montessori education since the mid-1970s. We are expanding this year by growing MacDowell at Juneau Campus and opening a new school in the old Tippecanoe building. [...]
I have been quiet the past few weeks but not for a lack of things to say but only because so many of my fellow bloggers beat me to the punch week after week. Today I will out myself in a way that I believe only one other blogger listed here could and I am [...]
Folks are usually looking for bright spots in our public schools and a late-addition item on the agenda of this Thursday’s Committee of Student Achievement and School Innovation meeting is just the kind of good news we love on the last day of school at MPS. It’s no secret that the public Montessori programs in [...]
MacDowell Montessori, 17th and Highland, is slated to move to the Juneau Campus and reopen in an expanded K3-12 program in September. The drama club at city’s first public Montessori school is excited about what may be the last production in its current home. “The musical is about the Timeline of Life, which traces the [...]
There were 20 items on last night’s
A few weeks ago MPS released the results of its months-long facilities plan research. It’s an exercise the district undertakes every 10 years.
The North American Montessori Teachers’ Association hosts a double-themed
As tightening budgets have seen the widespread loss of art teachers across the district, Maryland Avenue Montessori is an example of an MPS school that has found a way to maintain art classes for its kids. The solution is a welcome, if not perfect, scenario: the classes won’t be taught by art educators, the funding [...]
Because of retirements and other factors, MPS has a large number of
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