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[quote=Anonymous]Have to disagree with you, 11:54.  I think a MUCH better read would be "The Trouble With Boys" by Peg Tyre.  It talks about how "traditional" public schools in the US tend to be very much geared towards females, probably in a large part because most of the early elementary school teachers are female themselves.

It is a great commentary about how the different genders - and of course just different personalities of all kids - can be more suited towards different types of instruction.  Some kids really learn well by sitting still for long periods of time and having a teacher speak at them.  Others do better with a hands-on approach.  Still others do well with a combination.

I don't think anyone is saying that montessori is BETTER than traditional schools, or that it will make you smarter or give you some academic advantage for life.  So no argument with your study there.  But I know when I was evaluating different preschools for my children, one of the questions I asked was "How many children in your pre-K class are redshirted?"  The rate of red-shirting boys was over DOUBLE in the traditional preschools I looked at.  In fact, at the montessori school we went to, they hadn't had a red-shirted child in the past 3 years before we started.  
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