Racial and Economic Diversity in U.S. Public Montessori Schools

Debs, Mira

doi:10.17161/jomr.v2i2.5848

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“…17 However, random assignment of children to Montessori versus non-Montessori schools for the purposes of a randomised control trial would be very difficult to achieve because it would take away parental choice.…”

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Montessori education: a review of the evidence base

Marshall

2017

npj Science Learn

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The Montessori educational method has existed for over 100 years, but evaluations of its effectiveness are scarce. This review paper has three aims, namely to (1) identify some key elements of the method, (2) review existing evaluations of Montessori education, and (3) review studies that do not explicitly evaluate Montessori education but which evaluate the key elements identified in (1). The goal of the paper is therefore to provide a review of the evidence base for Montessori education, with the dual aspirations of stimulating future research and helping teachers to better understand whether and why Montessori education might be effective.

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Montessori education: a review of the evidence base

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2017

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“…Today, in a landscape of increasing school segregation around the United States (Orfield, Kucsera, & Siegel-Hawley, 2012), public Montessori schools remain racially diverse (Debs, 2016b). This racial 3 diversity is important because research has consistently shown that students attending racially diverse schools have higher achievement in mathematics (Berends & Penaloza, 2010;Newton, 2010) and literacy (Benson & Borman, 2010) and build more expansive social networks (Braddock & Gonzalez, 2010;Goldsmith, 2010;Wells, Holme, Revilla, & Atanda, 2009).…”

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“…Half of the 300 schoolwide, public Montessori programs enroll a racially diverse student body (between 25% and 75% students of color). In 23% of these schools, a majority (75%-100%) of enrolled students are students of color (Debs, 2016b). Half of these 300 schoolwide programs are located in urban areas (Debs, 2016b).…”

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“…Black students were enrolled in public Montessori schools at a rate that is 11% higher than the nationwide rate for public schools. Moreover, public Montessori school students, and Black and Latino students in particular, were more likely to attend a racially diverse school (between 25% and 75% students of color) compared to students nationwide (Debs, 2016b).…”

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“…In a survey of 300 of these public Montessori schools in 2012Montessori schools in -2013, 54% of students were students of color, comprising Black, Latino, Asian, Native American, Pacific Islander, and multiracial students (Debs, 2016b). Black students were enrolled in public Montessori schools at a rate that is 11% higher than the nationwide rate for public schools.…”

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Students of Color and Public Montessori Schools: A Review of the Literature

Debs

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2017

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Students of color comprise a majority in public Montessori school enrollments around the United States, and practitioners are often asked for evidence of the Montessori Method’s benefits for these students. This article examines the relevant literature related to the experiences of students of color in public Montessori schools. Research finds Montessori education offers both opportunities and limitations for students of color in attending diverse schools, developing executive functions, achieving academically, accessing early childhood education and culturally responsive education, minimizing racially disproportionate discipline, and limiting overidentification for special education. Public Montessori education’s efficacy with students of color may be limited by several factors: the lack of diversity of the teaching staff and culturally responsive teacher education, schools that struggle to maintain racially diverse enrollments, and the challenge of communicating Montessori’s benefits to families with alternative views of education. The review concludes with directions for future research.

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The Montessori Preschool Landscape in the United States: History, Programmatic Inputs, Availability, and Effects

Ackerman

2019

ETS Research Report Series

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The Day 1 Academies Fund aims to support a network of high‐quality, full‐scholarship, Montessori‐inspired preschools in underserved communities. To provide insight into the fund's pedagogical inspiration, in this report I provide a high‐level overview of the Montessori preschool landscape in the United States. This overview includes 5 key programmatic elements of a traditional Montessori approach to teaching and learning in classrooms serving preschool‐aged children, the reported availability of Montessori programs that enroll 3‐ and 4‐year‐old children, and what is known about enrollees' demographics. To situate this information in the larger, publicly financed, early education policy context, I also provide similar data for state‐funded pre‐K and federally funded Head Start programs for preschoolers. In addition, I review research on children's outcomes after participating in U.S.‐based Montessori preschool and elementary programs. This overview provides some context for understanding how the Day 1 Academies Fund eventually defines the constructs of high quality, Montessori inspired, and underserved. This review also suggests it could be useful for the Fund's stakeholders to undertake short‐term research examining the current early education options of families with low incomes living in low‐access‐to‐Montessori states as well as long‐term research aimed at expanding the research base on the effects of Montessori programs aimed at preschoolers.

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Racial and Economic Diversity in U.S. Public Montessori Schools

Cited by 33 publications

References 28 publications

Montessori education: a review of the evidence base

Montessori education: a review of the evidence base

Students of Color and Public Montessori Schools: A Review of the Literature

The Montessori Preschool Landscape in the United States: History, Programmatic Inputs, Availability, and Effects

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