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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lee Montessori rocked DL and quickly came up with a plan. [/quote]

I mean, no Montessori can rock DL but hey, you do you.

Sometimes I just think people have been Stockholm syndromed into thinking this year was great and fine.[/quote]

Why wouldn’t a Montessori school be able to rock DL? Dr. Montessori herself said people completely missed the point with her philosophy on education by focusing on the materials.[/quote]

Environment is essential for Montessori. It's not about the Montessori-approved materials (you could stock a Montessori classroom with stuff from a couple garage sales and a trip to Walmart if you needed to), but the environment does need to be set up in a specific way. And for a true Montessori education, you really need a classroom with multiple children in order to fully embrace the kind of child-led exploration the approach dictates. Plus the reason Montessori teachers generally have certifications is that the style of leading/teaching in Montessori requires a specific skill set (and honestly is not conducive to a limited amount of online instruction a few times a day).

So unless everyone at Lee just happens to have a very relaxed home life with enough space, and at least one parent with the time and skills to facilitate, then Lee failed at providing a Montessori education to their kids. I'm sure some kids had a good experience, but those are likely kids with a SAHP and means and consistent schedules who could homeschool and be fine. A lot of Lee kids don't have anything like that, and they barely got an education at all this year, much less one grounded in Montessori philosophy. Come on.[/quote]

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